Robert Owen and his legacy / edited by Noel Thompson and Chris Williams.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Thompson, Noel W., 1951-

Williams, Chris, 1963-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social reformers--Biography.

Social reformers.

Owen, Robert, 1771-1858.

Owen, Robert.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (284 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cardiff : University of Wales Press, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume consists of twelve essays from leading scholars and younger researchers on various aspects of the life, work and legacy of Robert Owen (1771-1858). A radical thinker and humanitarian employer Owen made a major contribution to nineteenth-century social movements including co-operatives, trade unions and workers' education. He was a pioneer of enlightened approaches to the education of children and an advocate of birth control. He established utopian communities in both the United Kingdom and the United States of America, and is often thought of as a leading early British socialist.

Contents:

List of Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; Robert Owen: Reputations and Burning Issues; Robert Owen and Some Later Socialists; The Great Experiment: New Lanark from Robert Owen toWorld Heritage Site; Robert Owen and Education; Robert Owen and Religion; Owen and the Owenites: Consumer and Consumptionin the New Moral World; Robert Owen as a British Politician and Parliamentarian; Robert Owen's Unintended Legacy: Class Conflict; Robert Owen and 'The Greatest Discovery Ever Made By Man'; Exporting the Owenite Utopia: Thomas Powell and the TropicalEmigration Society

Robert Owen and WalesAfterword: Looking Forward: Co-operative Politicsor Can Owen Still Help?; Select Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780708324448

0708324444

9781299201132

129920113X

OCLC:

772515044