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| − | '''''Looking Backward: 2000 - 1887''''' is a [[utopia | + | '''''Looking Backward: 2000 - 1887''''' is a [[utopia]]n novel by [[Edward Bellamy]] credited with first introducing [[socialism]] in the United States by members of the [[Socialist Party of America]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Heath |first1=Frederic |year=1900 |title=Social democracy red book |publisher=Debs publishing Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=46A0AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA64 |pages=64–65 }}</ref> |
It was the third best-selling book of its era, behind [[Uncle Tom's Cabin]] and Ben-Hur.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mattern |first1=MArk |year=2006 |title=Putting Ideas to Work: A Practical Introduction to Political Thought |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |pages=154 }}</ref> | It was the third best-selling book of its era, behind [[Uncle Tom's Cabin]] and Ben-Hur.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Mattern |first1=MArk |year=2006 |title=Putting Ideas to Work: A Practical Introduction to Political Thought |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |pages=154 }}</ref> | ||
Revision as of 01:22, July 12, 2016
Looking Backward: 2000 - 1887 is a utopian novel by Edward Bellamy credited with first introducing socialism in the United States by members of the Socialist Party of America.[1]
It was the third best-selling book of its era, behind Uncle Tom's Cabin and Ben-Hur.[2]
Progressivism
Jonah Goldberg, author of the book Liberal Fascism argues that the publication of Looking Backward signifies a singular event that, more than any other, marks the beginning of what would become the Progressive Era. [3]
References
- ↑ (1900) Social democracy red book. Debs publishing Company, 64–65.
- ↑ (2006) Putting Ideas to Work: A Practical Introduction to Political Thought. Rowman & Littlefield, 154.
- ↑ (2008) Liberal Fascism. Random House, 215. “It's hard to fix a specific starting date for the progressive race for the Great Society, but a good guess might be 1888, the year Edward Bellamy's novel Looking Backward burst on the American scene. One of the most influential works of progressive propaganda ever conceived.”