Edward Bellamy's 1888 book, Looking Backward,
A. described an America engaged in a second civil war due to concentrated wealth.
B. depicted a world presided over by an industrialist-king modeled on J. P. Morgan.
C. accepted the necessity of class divisions in a capitalist economy.
D. promoted the virtues of economic competition.
E. imagined an ideal future in which all corporations were combined into one great trust.
Answer: E
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