Robert Owen and the Owenites in Britain and America [[electronic resource] ] : the quest for the new moral world / / J.F.C. Harrison

• Autore: Harrison J. F. C (John Fletcher Clews)
• Pubblicazione: London, : Routledge and K. Paul, 1969
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (341 p.)
• Disciplina: 335.12092
• Soggetto topico: Socialism
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: "A bibliography of Robet Owen and the Owenite movement in Britain and America": p. 263-369.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title01; Copyright01; Title02; Copyright02; Contents; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Philanthropic Origins; The Definition of Socialism; The Transmission of Owenism; Building the New Moral World; Anatomy of a Movement; The Owenite Legacy; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Robert Owen and the Owenites were associated with the rise of an early industrial society in Britain and with the development of an agricultural, frontier society in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. This book, originally published in 1969, was the first to use both British and American source material, and tells the story of Robert Owen and the movement associated with his name, from the standpoint of comparative social and intellectual history.The book directs new light on Owenism, and at the same time illuminates general problems of the history of
• Titolo autorizzato: Robert Owen and the Owenites in Britain and America
• ISBN: 1-135-19140-9; 1-282-28342-1; 9786612283420; 0-203-09235-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910811425903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Revivals