Startling Statements or the Downfall of the Great Republic: Facts and Figures for the People

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TitleStartling Statements or the Downfall of the Great Republic: Facts and Figures for the People
Year for Search1910
AuthorsMarkoe, Ralston J.(1854-1927)
Date Published1910
PublisherNp
Place PublishedSt. Paul, MN
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Eutopia. Mostly criticism of contemporary conditions, but the last section (237-95) is a detailed authoritarian eutopia (said to have been written in 1897) stressing efficiency, training, and administrative responsibility with little or no popular participation in government. All “citizens” (but only men) must join the army or navy, and the national games and the national music have a military character
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Author Note

The author (1854-1927) was an attorney in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Full Text

1910 Markoe, Ralston J. (1854-1927) Startling Statements or the Downfall of the Great Republic: Facts and Figures for the People. St. Paul, MN: Np. MoU-St, PSt

Eutopia. Mostly criticism of contemporary conditions, but the last section (237-95) is a detailed authoritarian eutopia (said to have been written in 1897) stressing efficiency, training, and administrative responsibility with little or no popular participation in government. All “citizens” (but only men) must join the army or navy, and the national games and the national music have a military character. The author was an attorney in St. Paul, Minnesota.