1st Edition

The Life of Robert Owen

By G. D. H. Cole Copyright 1925
    380 Pages
    by Routledge

    380 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 1925. Robert Owen was, in the author’s words, ‘that rarest of phenomena, an utterly disinterested critic of a system by which he had himself risen to greatness’, and in studying his life this work reveals with a remarkable clarity the first phases of the Industrial Revolution crowded as it was with events, changes, ideas, and characters. This title will be of great interest to scholars and students of labour history.

    1. Robert Owen and His Times  2. The Child  3. The Shop-Boy  4. A Romance of Business  5. Manchester – Marriage  6. New Lanark, 1800-1813  7. Life at Braxfield  8. Ideas on Education  9. The First Factory Act  10. "Mr. Owen’s Plan"  11. The Days of Peterloo  12. Later Years at New Lanark  13. The Beginnings of Owenism  14. New Harmony  15. The Labour Exchange and the Builders’ Guild  16. The "Trade Union"  17. Old Age  18. Conclusion;  Appendices;  Index

    Biography

    George Douglas Howard Cole (25 September 1889 – 14 January 1959) was an English political theorist, economist, writer and historian. As a libertarian socialist he was a long-time member of the Fabian Society and an advocate for the co-operative movement.