Author | H. G. Wells |
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Language | English |
Genre | Political economy |
Publisher | William Heinemann (UK) Doubleday, Doran (US) |
Publication date | 1932 |
Pages | 850 |
The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind by H. G. Wells is the final work of a trilogy of which the first volumes were The Outline of History (1919–1920) and The Science of Life (1929). Wells conceived of the three parts of his trilogy as, respectively, "a survey of history, of the science of life, and of existing conditions."[1] Intended as an unprecedented "picture of all mankind to-day" in all its manifold activities,[2] he called it "the least finished work . . . because it is the most novel."[3] He hoped the volumes would play a role in the open conspiracy to establish a progressive world government that he had been promoting since the mid-1920s.