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Larry Glickman
@larryglickman.bsky.social
Historian at Cornell University and author, most recently, of FREE ENTERPRISE: AN AMERICAN HISTORY. Working on a history of backlash politics in the United States, from Reconstruction to the present.
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Next, Edward Bellamy's utopian novel LOOKING BACKWARD, 2000-1887, written in the 1880s that highlights the irrational nature of American capitalism of the time by contrasting with a rational, socialistic (albeit mildly authoritarian) future./2
Henry George's PROGRESS AND POVERTY (1879) was one of the bestselling books of the 19th century that focused on the paradoxical "increase of want" along a great "increase of wealth." /3
I used to love teaching this book! Not doing the relevant courses any more, but it brings me joy to know it’s still being taught
LG
Larry Glickman
@larryglickman.bsky.social
Historian at Cornell University and author, most recently, of FREE ENTERPRISE: AN AMERICAN HISTORY. Working on a history of backlash politics in the United States, from Reconstruction to the present.
3.7k followers789 following1.7k posts