Description
| Product ID: | 9780571203178 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | The Faber Book of Utopias |
| Authors: | Author: Professor John Carey, Professor John Carey |
| Page Count: | 560 |
| Subjects: | Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Constitution: government and the state, Constitution: government & the state |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating An experienced and imaginative anthologist, editor of The Faber Book of Reportage and The Faber Book of Science, Carey has gathered together a vast range of texts from Ancient Egypt to modern California, the authors of which, in different ways, attempt to describe a better world than our own. Every age has its utopias, from Plato''s Republic to contemporary sci-fi visions. In this spellbinding anthology John Carey charts the course of every conceivable dream world - whether communist, fascist, anarchist, green, golden age, techno-fantastic or hermaphroditic - combining a broad historical sweep with lively variety. An experienced and imaginative anthologist, editor of The Faber Book of Reportage and The Faber Book of Science, Carey has gathered together a vast range of texts from Ancient Egypt to modern California, the authors of which, in different ways, attempt to describe a better world than our own. |
| Imprint Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Publisher Name: | Faber & Faber |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2000-09-18 |