The Reign of George VI, 1900-1925: A Forecast Written in the Year 1763 by Samuel Madden (1686-1765), edited by Charles William Chadwick Oman (1860 - 1946) and others.
Imagine a world in which there were no major revolutionary upheavals (the American, French and Russian revolutions did not occur), there was no Victorian Age, the Great War (World War I) went unfought. No Cold War, No United States, No Soviet Union, in short, no world as we have known it. Such is the vision presented in this counterfactual historical work.
Originally written by Samuel Madden in 1763, is a prospective look at events in Europe from 1900-1925 the reign of Madden's George VI. (The actual George VI, father of Elizabeth II, reigned from 1936-1952). Taking the social, political, economic trends of the eighteenth century and projecting their impact in the twentieth, this work is written in the style of a history of the first quarter of the twentieth century.
As editor Charles William Chadwick Oman notes in his preface to this 1899 reprint, "Of late years has it been common enough for authors to comment on the political and social tendencies of their own day, by drawing fancy pictures of the state of the world many generations hence, when these tendencies have been worked out to their full development (p. vii)." Chadwick was unaware of the identity of the author of the work, ironically leading him in his preface, to make some speculations about the author which were similarly flawed.The comparison between this fictional alternative view of history--what could have happened--what didn't--and what actually happened is occasionally amusing, sometimes frightening and other times eeriely familiar.
( Dr.PGould)
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Thank you so much for MC-ing this! It is terrific to be working with you again. (I looked earlier, and I think both the editor and the author are already in the database (but I could be wrong).
The MW is filled in, and I'll start reading. The first section will probably take me until this weekend to get ready (it's the only time the editor gets to say anything). But I think the project will move quickly after that.
The author was indeed in the database, you were right! I didn't see him the first time; I suppose my browser was laggy when it was populating the drop-down menu (10 years ago I could not have written that sentence). I did add the editor's name (hopefully he's in there only once...). Have fun!
I'd be grateful for one. I'm just now back on line after three days. (I've developed a significant medical condition). It's going to slow me down for a bit--but I plan to finish this.
DrPGould wrote: ↑March 31st, 2018, 10:24 am
Lynda:
I'd be grateful for one. I'm just now back on line after three days. (I've developed a significant medical condition). It's going to slow me down for a bit--but I plan to finish this.
Many thanks,
Philip
Not a problem at all Phillip! I was just diagnosed with yet another medical condition on Tuesday (I already have a spinal injury and various issues that go with that) and in addition told not to do recordings for a week to let my voice heal so thus I am branching out to being a DPL now Take care and do not push yourself.
I'm trying a new approach to reading some of these shorter <15 minutes sections. I stop and correct immediately. So then all I have to do is listen one more time through for pacing (long pauses) and excessive noise. It seems to be working out, but we'll see.
With respect to the error in section 2....I read it initially as written "1863" but I changed it to 1763 because that's the only way to make sense of the footnote. The last part of the footnote is "just before the publication of this pamphlet" and the publication date was 1763.
The Peace of Paris referred to is in actual history the treaty which ended the French and Indian War (so-called in the US) or the Seven Years' War (so-called throughout Europe). This treaty was completed in 1763.
I meant to tell you this when I posted the file, but didn't. Good catch! (Can I get a PL-OK?)