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Author Partington, John S., 1973- author.

Title Building cosmopolis : the political thought of H.G. Wells / John S. Partington
Published London : Routledge, 2016

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Description 1 online resource
Contents 1. Introduction -- 2. Liberal internationalism, 'ethical evolution' and cosmopolitan socialism -- 3. The death of the static : H.G. Wells and the kinetic utopia -- 4. From 'the larger synthesis' to the League of Free Nations -- 5. Educational reform from The outline of history to the 'permanent world encyclopaedia' -- 6. From the League of Nations to the functional world state -- 7. Human rights and public accountability in the functional world state -- 8. The forgotten cosmopolitan : H.G. Wells and postwar transnationalism
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 8, 2017)
Subject Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 -- Political and social views
SUBJECT Wells, H. G. (Herbert George), 1866-1946 fast
Subject Politics and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Political science -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century
Political fiction, English -- History and criticism
LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
Political and social views
Political fiction, English
Political science
Politics and literature
Great Britain
Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781351954266
1351954261
9781315261171
1315261170