The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind

The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind
First edition (UK)
AuthorH. G. Wells
LanguageEnglish
GenrePolitical economy
PublisherWilliam Heinemann (UK)
Doubleday, Doran (US)
Publication date
1932
Pages850

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.

  1. ^ H.G. Wells, The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (London: William Heinemann, 1932), p. 812.
  2. ^ H.G. Wells, The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (London: William Heinemann, 1932), p. 1.
  3. ^ H.G. Wells, The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind (London: William Heinemann, 1932), p. 26.