Edward Bellamy 1888 Looking Backward: 2000–1887

The Project Gutenberg eBook of Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887 Author: Edward Bellamy Release date: August 1, 1996 [eBook #624] Most recently updated: October 12, 2022 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/624 Credits: Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines. Produced by Charles Keller. HTML version by Al Haines. LOOKING BACKWARD From 2000 to 1887 by Edward Bellamy AUTHOR'S PREFACE Historical Section Shawmut College, Boston, December 26, 2000 Living as we do in the closing year of the twentieth century, enjoying the blessings of a social order at once so simple and logical that it seems but the triumph of common sense, it is no doubt difficult for those whose studies have not been largely historical to realize that the present organization of society is, in its completeness, less than a century old. No historical fact is, however, better esta…