The Life, Times & Labours of Robert Owen
The Life, Times & Labours of Robert Owen

Author: Lloyd Jones

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2012-01-08

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 129140323X

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Born in 1771, in Newtown, Wales, Robert Owen moved to Manchester and became a highly successful capitalist. Appalled by the divisions industrial capitalism wrought on society and children in particular, he fought for legislation to improve the health, education and rights of working people, and strived to put his own ideas into practice. He encountered much opposition, not least from the Church of England. However he influenced many social reformers. Frederick Engels was a friendly critic and great admirer. On the occasion of Owen's death he played tribute to him as the first man "to place socialism on a practical basis." Today the Co-operative Movement embraces one-billion members world-wide. Its tremendous success, especially in the form of workers' co-operatives, remains a testament to his foresight, as well as providing living proof there are viable and more efficient alternatives to global capitalism.

Heavens Below
Heavens Below

Author: W.H.G. Armytage

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2013-10-15

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 1134529503

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First published in 2006. This book tells a number of plain tales of those who tried to save the English behind their collective backs under the term of Utopian Experiments in England between 1560 and 1960. It looks at the influences of the church to community experiments and groups, the ideas of Robert Owen, William Allen, George Mudie, Abraham Combe and more.

Fact Into Fiction
Fact Into Fiction

Author: Ivanka Kovačević

Publisher: [Leicester] : Leicester University Press

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 432

ISBN-13:

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