Robert Owen and his legacy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Noel Thompson and Chris Williams

• Pubblicazione: Cardiff, : University of Wales Press, 2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (284 p.)
• Disciplina: 335.12092
• Soggetto topico: Social reformers
• Altri autori: ThompsonNoel WilliamsChris
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Robert Owen and his legacy
• ISBN: 0-7083-2444-4; 1-299-20113-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786092603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II