A New View of Society and Other Writings

Author:   Gregory Claeys ,  Robert Owen
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN:  

9780140433487


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   31 January 1991
Format:   Paperback
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A New View of Society and Other Writings


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Major work by one of the greatest British social reformers In his early works Owen argues that, since individuals are wholly formed by their environment, education is the crucial factor in transforming them. Later he came to adopt far more radical positions, proposing nothing less than 'the emancipation ofmankind' and the creation of a 'new moral world', a full-scale reorganization of British society, major reforms of working practices and the Poor Laws and the establishment of co-operative model.

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Author:   Gregory Claeys ,  Robert Owen
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Classics
Dimensions:   Width: 12.90cm , Height: 3.50cm , Length: 19.80cm
Weight:   0.500kg
ISBN:  

9780140433487


ISBN 10:   0140433481
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   31 January 1991
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Robert Owen (1771-1858) was one of the greatest of British social reformers. George Claeys received his PhD from the University of Cambridge and is now Associate Professor of History at Washington University.

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