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''The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind'' by H. G. Wells is the final work of a trilogy of which the first volumes were ''The Outline of History'' (1919–1920) and ''The Science of Life'' (1929). Wells conceived of the three parts of his trilogy as, respectively, "a survey of history, of the science of life, and of existing conditions."〔H.G. Wells, ''The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind'' (London: William Heinemann, 1932), p. 812.〕 Intended as an unprecedented "picture of all mankind to-day" in all its manifold activities,〔H.G. Wells, ''The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind'' (London: William Heinemann, 1932), p. 1.〕 he called it "the least finished work . . . because it is the most novel."〔H.G. Wells, ''The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind'' (London: William Heinemann, 1932), p. 26.〕 He hoped the volumes would play a role in the open conspiracy to establish a progressive world government that he had been promoting since the mid-1920s. == Genesis and reception == Wells had great difficulty devising a comprehensive book discussing the world's economic life from a psychological point of view. ''The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind'' had at various times more than a dozen working titles. As in ''The Science of Life'', Wells worked with collaborators. Hugh P. Vowles and Edmund Cressey agreed to work with him on the book in 1928, but Vowles's work did not satisfy Wells. A bitter wrangle ensued in which the Society of Authors became involved, to Wells's chagrin.〔Norman and Jeanne Mackenzie, ''H.G. Wells: A Biography'' (Simon and Schuster, 1973), pp. 359–63.〕 In early 1929 he overcame the discouragement these difficulties caused and resumed work on the book, with the help of Amber Reeves on the sections on money and economics and of Alexander Carr-Saunders on demography. Odette Keun, Wells's lover from 1924 to 1933, served as the work's general editor. Graham Wallas also offered substantial assistance.〔David C. Smith, ''H.G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography'' (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986), pp. 264–67.〕 ''The Work, Wealth and Happiness of Mankind'' sold relatively well (17,000 copies in England in the first month alone).〔David C. Smith, ''H.G. Wells: Desperately Mortal: A Biography'' (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 1986), p. 266.〕 But the Great depression restrained sales and Wells's optimistic utopianism struck many as passé and naïve in the increasingly violent political climate of the 1930s.〔Michael Sherborne, ''H.G. Wells: Another Kind of Life'' (Peter Owen, 2010), pp. 289–90.〕
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