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UNINA9910959926503321 |
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Titolo |
Robert Owen and his legacy / / edited by Noel Thompson and Chris Williams |
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Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2011 |
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9780708324448 |
0708324444 |
9781299201132 |
129920113X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (284 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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ThompsonNoel W. <1951-> |
WilliamsChris <1963-> |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 |
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