Inventing tomorrow : H.G. Wells and the twentieth century / Sarah Cole.
Inventing tomorrow : H.G. Wells and the twentieth century / Sarah Cole.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
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G 2019/5575
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English
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xi, 374 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Content type
text
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unmediated
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volume
Contents
Voice -- Civilian -- Time -- Biology -- Conclusion : the world.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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Summary
"Through his fiction, H. G. Wells brought to the world such concepts as the 'time machine' and 'war of the worlds.' His best-selling The Outline of History sold over two million copies and during his lifetime he was invited to meet world leaders such as Roosevelt, Lenin, Stalin, and Churchill. Arguably, one of the most famous writers and thinkers o...
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Inventing tomorrow : H.G. Wells and the twentieth century / Sarah Cole.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [349]-359) and index.
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G 2019/5575
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74VKa273kvzd
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9780231193122 hardcover alkaline paper
0231193122 hardcover alkaline paper
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823.912
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991024275517302626