| What is Coming?: Large Print Contributor(s): Wells, H. G. (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798577967772 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $11.69 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2021 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Fantasy - General - Fiction | Science Fiction - General - Fiction | Classics |
| Dewey: 940 |
| Physical Information: 0.32" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.79 lbs) 148 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Book Excerpt: ... there is no means of settling boundary disputes. Moreover, as between the united States of the world and the United States of America there is this further complication of the world position: that almost all the great States of Europe are in possession, firstly, of highly developed territories of alien language and race, such as Egypt; and, secondly, of barbaric and less-developed territories, such as Nigeria or Madagascar. There will be nothing stable about a world settlement that does not destroy in these "possessions" the national preference of the countries that own them and that does not prepare for the immediate or eventual accession of these subject peoples to State rank. Most certainly, however, thousands of intelligent people in those great European countries who believe themselves ardent for a world peace will be staggered at any proposal to place any part of "our Empire" under a world administration on the footing of a United States territory... |
