A Model State: Making a Utopia of California

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TitleA Model State: Making a Utopia of California
Year for Search1934
AuthorsStevenson, Gilbert F.
Date Published1934
PublisherGilbert F. Stevenson
Place PublishedSanta Monica, CA
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Anti-capitalist non-fiction strongly influence by Upton Sinclair (1878-1968). The author is primarily concerned with monetary policy but also proposes a number of reforms designed to alleviate the effects of the depression. These include transforming the state militia into an industrial army for men 16 to 18. The last chapter, "The Altruistic Age" (109-23), describes the eutopia that the reforms will produce. Collective ownership. Everyone works their share and receives their share. 
Holding Institutions

CU-Riv, TxU
Author Note

The author is described as the author of The Secrets of Plutology: A Treatise on the Cause and Cure of Financial Depressions. Santa Monica, CA: Author, 1931 and The Cuttle-Fish: Word Cartoons of High Financing. Santa Monica, CA: Plutology Publishing Company, 1933, which is an anti-Semitic tract.
Full Text

1934 Stevenson, Gilbert F. A Model State: Making a Utopia of California. Santa Monica, CA: Gilbert F. Stevenson. CU-Riv, TxU

Anti-capitalist non-fiction strongly influence by Upton Sinclair (1878-1968). The author is primarily concerned with monetary policy but also proposes a number of reforms designed to alleviate the effects of the depression. These include transforming the state militia into an industrial army for men 16 to 18. The last chapter, “The Altruistic Age” (109-23), describes the eutopia that the reforms will produce. Collective ownership. Everyone works their share and receives their share. The author is described as the author of The Secrets of Plutology: A Treatise on the Cause and Cure of Financial Depressions. Santa Monica, CA: Author, 1931 and The Cuttle-Fish: Word Cartoons of High Financing. Santa Monica, CA: Plutology Publishing Company, 1933, which is an anti-Semitic tract.