Robert Owen, Prophet of the Poor

Essays in Honour of the Two Hundredth Anniversary of His Birth

• Author(s): Sidney Pollard, John Salt,
• Publisher: Bucknell University Press
• Pages: 318
• ISBN_10: 0838779522
  ISBN_13: 9780838779521
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Biography & Autobiography / General ,

Description:... Why has Robert Owen continued to occupy the attention of historians in the twentieth century? What changing significance has been seen in his work? What was his relationship with the great social and political movements of his age? To what extent was the Owenite 'message' of importance outside Great Britain? These and other questions are taken up in this study.