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    Mankind in the Making
    Mankind in the Making
    Mankind in the Making
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    Mankind in the Making

    By H. G. Wells

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    "Mankind in the Making" is a sequel to H. G. Wells' "Anticipations" (1901). Within it, he analyses the 'making' of man, exploring the circumstances and processes that change children into citizens of the modern world. He aggressively attacks a range of contemporary institutions and presents a new doctrine termed "New Republicanism", which analyses things by their effect on the development and evolution of mankind. Contents include: "The New Republic", "The Problem Of The Birth Supply", "Certain Wholesale Aspects Of Man-making", "The Beginnings Of The Mind And Language", "The Man-making Forces Of The Modern State", "Schooling", "Political And Social Influences", "The Cultivation Of The Imagination", "The Organization Of The Higher Education", et cetera. Herbert George Wells (1866 - 1946) was a prolific English writer who wrote in a variety of genres, including the novel, politics, history, and social commentary. Today, he is perhaps best remembered for his contributions to the science fiction genre thanks to such novels as "The Time Machine" (1895), "The Invisible Man" (1897), and "The War of the Worlds" (1898). Although never a winner, Wells was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature a total of four times. Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author. First published in 1903.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRead Books Ltd.
    Release dateSep 14, 2016
    ISBN9781473345065
    Mankind in the Making
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    H. G. Wells

    H.G. Wells is considered by many to be the father of science fiction. He was the author of numerous classics such as The Invisible Man, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, The War of the Worlds, and many more. 

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      Well's book reads more like a political manifesto and a long winded one at that. He looks on it as an essay in presentation and what he is presenting here is a guide to a better future. It is naïve, faintly Utopian and yet contains so much good common sense that you wonder why others can't see the world in the way Wells saw it when he published these "papers" in book form in 1903. It is like a statement for the birth of a new political Party which Wells calls New Republicans and no doubt when he was writing, he had hopes that something like that may come of it. Wells tackles three major issues, infant mortality including eugenics, education and the importance of literature. He sees education and the acquisition of knowledge as key issues in shaping a better world and I cannot fault him on this. He destroys the arguments being put forward at the time in favour of selective breeding, but leaves the door on this issue ajar by saying that we need much more scientific knowledge before any decisions can be made. He castigates England's record on infant mortality pointing out that it is the terrible conditions that many poor families are forced to endure that is a major cause of deaths For the modern reader the social aspects of Wells investigations are not without interest; in three Counties in Northern England 233 out of 1000 infant deaths were caused by overlaying (Infants being "accidentally" suffocated by sleeping in the same bed as their parents). The whole tenor of his arguments are "come on we can do better than this". He takes the same approach when he discusses education in some detail in the longest section of the book.Well's views on improvements in education are far reaching and sensible, however they would be guaranteed to upset almost everyone in the profession, because of his approach. He does not shy away from telling people how to do their jobs and his ideas on state intervention in the education process smacks of big socialism. The final section deals with literature and the importance of access to books. He wants to see well run and organized libraries in all schools and places of higher education, which is commendable, but then he strays into lecturing academics on how they should write and prepare text books and this is typical of his approach - too much interference. He also cheekily suggests that authors should be paid an annual salary as he rams home the point that knowledge is contained in the books people read and so the profession should be given all due importance.Wells has interesting ideas on the use of the jury system, which he would like to see being extended to choosing government appointments and political candidates and he tackles the class system, seeing the pyramid topped by the monarchy as being one of the major stumbling blocks to progress. He is as scathing about American corruption as he is about England's procrastination and I love this quote:"One gets the impression that the sort of mind that is passively stupid in England is often actively silly in America"Well's ideas are progressive and mostly attuned to the way that I think about things, but I still found his approach misconceived. He has obviously done much research into this project and much of the writing comes from the heart, but at times he has let his pen run away with him. It is too long winded, and at times a little condescending and I am not too sure how much interest it would have for the modern reader. I will in future avoid any more of H G's political ramblings. A three star read. New RepublicansIf H G Wells ruled the worldWelcome Martians.

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