Ordinary Abundance is a really intriguing site.
Useful for my Y8 topic on 'stuff' and the things that we fill our houses with.
A modern apartment / flat contains items which would once have been attracted awe and wonder because of their very nature.
The book references one by Edward Bellamy. It can be read on the Project Gutenberg link here.
When Julian West falls into a hypnotic sleep in 1887 Boston, he awakens 113 years later to find America transformed into a socialist utopia. Through conversations with his guide, Doctor Leete, West discovers a radically reimagined society where industry is nationalized, goods are equally distributed, and citizens retire at 45.
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