Theodore Savage: A Story of the Past or the Future
Title | Theodore Savage: A Story of the Past or the Future |
Year for Search | 1922 |
Authors | Hamilton, Cicely [Mary](1875-1952) |
Date Published | 1922 |
Publisher | Leonard Parsons |
Place Published | London |
Keywords | English author, Female author |
Annotation | Presents a picture of a destroyed civilization that manages to create a new, more primitive lifestyle that is initially violent becomes more settled over time. Science is rejected, and the human race slowly rebuilds a healthy hunting, fishing, and farming life structured around tribes. This is depicted as more in tune with our capacities than the civilization that it replaced. The revised volume is slightly more positive than the original. |
Additional Publishers | Rpt. Boston, MA: HiLo Books, 2013 with an introduction “A Cargo Cult in Reverse” by Gary Paynter (13-17). Rev. ed. entitled Lest Ye Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. U.S. ed. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928 |
Title Note | Rev. ed. entitled Lest Ye Die. London: Jonathan Cape, 1928. |
Holding Institutions | L, LLL |
Author Note | Hamilton (1875-1952) was born Cicely Mary Hammill but changed her name. |
Full Text | 1922 Hamilton, Cicely [Mary] (1875-1952). Theodore Savage: A Story of the Past or the Future. Presents a picture of a destroyed civilization that manages to create a new, more primitive lifestyle that is initially violent becomes more settled over time. Science is rejected, and the human race slowly rebuilds a healthy hunting, fishing, and farming life structured around tribes. This is depicted as more in tune with our capacities than the civilization that it replaced. The revised volume is slightly more positive than the original. Female author. |