The great inquiry (Registro nro. 111221)
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| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER | |
| LC control number | 84241976 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UtSlPG |
| 041 #7 - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | en |
| Source of code | iso639-1 |
| 050 #4 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | PR |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Belloc, Hilaire, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1870-1953 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The great inquiry |
| 264 #1 - PRODUCTION, PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, MANUFACTURE, AND COPYRIGHT NOTICE | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture | Salt Lake City, UT : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer | Project Gutenberg, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2023 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource : |
| Other physical details | multiple file formats |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE | |
| Content type term | text |
| Content type code | txt |
| Source | rdacontent |
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| Media type term | computer |
| Media type code | c |
| Source | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE | |
| Carrier type term | online resource |
| Carrier type code | cr |
| Source | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Release date is 2023-04-07 |
| 508 ## - CREATION/PRODUCTION CREDITS NOTE | |
| Creation/production credits note | Benjamin Fluehr, Tim Lindell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | "The Great Inquiry" by Hilaire Belloc is a satirical work, likely written during the early 20th century. This publication serves as a mock report of a fictional parliamentary inquiry into the economic conditions of Britain and its colonies, shining a light on the absurdities and inefficiencies of the British political and economic system of the time. Through a series of comical testimonies and exaggerated claims, Belloc critiques the plight of British industry while addressing serious themes related to protectionism, the impact of foreign trade, and national identity. The book unfolds as a series of meetings where various witnesses, ranging from industrialists to animals, offer their evidence about the decline of national health and wealth. Many characters present increasingly ridiculous solutions to the problems they face, such as demanding government subsidies or evidencing the superiority of British products through the anecdotal success of a well-fed pig compared to a poorly nourished one. Ultimately, the inquiry descends into chaos, reveling in nonsensical bureaucracy and absurd claims about economic decline, emphasizing the disconnect between political discourse and the economic realities of the time. Belloc employs humor and satire not just to entertain but to provoke thought regarding political accountability and the often misguided nature of policy decisions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) |
| 534 ## - ORIGINAL VERSION NOTE | |
| Introductory phrase | Originally published: |
| Publication, distribution, etc. of original | United Kingdom: Duckworth & Co., 1903 |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Satire |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Chamberlain, Joseph, 1836-1914 -- Humor |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Balfour, Arthur James, 1848-1930 -- Humor |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Tariff -- Great Britain -- History -- Humor |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Protectionism -- Great Britain -- Humor |
| 653 ## - INDEX TERM--UNCONTROLLED | |
| Uncontrolled term | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1901-1910 -- Humor |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Chesterton, G. K. |
| Fuller form of name | (Gilbert Keith), |
| Dates associated with a name | 1874-1936 |
| 856 4# - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://archive.org/details/greatinquiryonly00bellrich/page/n7/mode/2up">https://archive.org/details/greatinquiryonly00bellrich/page/n7/mode/2up</a> |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70495">https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70495</a> |
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