Let There Be Light; The Story of a Workingmen's Club, Its Search for the Causes of Poverty and Social Inequality, Its Discussions, and Its Plan for the Amelioration of Existing Evils

TitleLet There Be Light; The Story of a Workingmen's Club, Its Search for the Causes of Poverty and Social Inequality, Its Discussions, and Its Plan for the Amelioration of Existing Evils
Year for Search1900
AuthorsLubin, David(1849-1919)
Date Published1900
PublisherG. P. Putnam's Sons
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Religious belief and practice will bring about a eutopia based on equality and justice. The novel follows the trajectory of a workingman's club over eight months, reporting the talks given at the club.

Holding Institutions

L, MoU-St, PSt, W3,3417

Author Note

The author (1849-1919) was born in Poland and brought to England in 1853 and then to the U.S. After a successful career as a businessman and farmer in California, he moved to Europe in 1896 where, in Italy he founded the International Institute of Agriculture, which lasted until 1945 with many of its functions relocated to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. See Olivia Rossetti Agresti, David Lubin: A Study in Practical Idealism. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1922. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1941.

Full Text

1900 Lubin, David (1849-1919). Let There Be Light; The Story of a Workingmen’s Club, Its Search for the Causes of Poverty and Social Inequality, Its Discussions, and Its Plan for the Amelioration of Existing Evils. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons. Includes an Index (521-26). 526 pp. L, MoU-St, PSt, W3,3417

Religious belief and practice will bring about a eutopia based on equality and justice. The novel follows the trajectory of a workingman’s club over eight months, reporting the talks given at the club. The author was born in Poland and brought to England in 1853 and then to the U.S. After a successful career as a businessman and farmer in California, he moved to Europe in 1896 where, in Italy he founded the International Institute of Agriculture, which lasted until 1945 with many of its functions relocated to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization. See Olivia Rossetti Agresti, David Lubin: A Study in Practical Idealism. Boston, MA: Little, Brown, 1922. 2nd ed. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1941.