A New View of Society and Other Writings
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
A New View of Society and Other Writings
By (Author) Gregory Claeys
By (author) Robert Owen
Penguin Books Ltd
Penguin Classics
31st January 1991
31st January 1991
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Left-of-centre democratic ideologies
Literary essays
335.12
Physical Properties
Paperback
432
Width 129mm, Height 198mm, Spine 35mm
500g
Description
This book is a collection of the most important writings of Robert Owen, the new Lanark Mill owner, social philosopher and founder of the early Victorian cooperative movement. This edition of the original texts contains his most influential works, "A New View of Society" and "Report to the County of Lanark", but also his "Observations of the Effects of the Manufacturing System", his prescriptive texts for a new moral order, and his lectures on religion, poverty and education.
Author Bio
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.
