The Life of Robert Owen
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The Life of Robert Owen

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The Life of Robert Owen

About this book

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.

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Information

Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Year
2018
Print ISBN
9781138336551
eBook ISBN
9780429810626
Edition
1
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

INDEX

ABERDEEN, Lord, 251
Adams, John Quincy, 152
Advanced Minds, Congresses of, 308
Agricultural Labourers, Friendly Society of, 278
Agricultural Labourersā€™ Revolt (1831), 268
Agriculture, Owenā€™s views on, 182, 225
Aix-la-Chapelle Conference, 215, 217
Aldam, Mr., 299
All Classes of All Nations, Association of, 295
Allen, William, 18, III ff., 141, 206, 210ff.
Amalgamated Societies. See Trade Unions
America, United States of, 24
cotton imports from, 61, 105
glamour of, 241
Owen in, 234, 239ff., 301
American War of Independence, 37
Ancoats, 66
Apple dumpling, 82
Apprentices. See Parish Apprentices
Arkwright, Richard, 36, 61f., 85, 177
Armagh, Archbishop of, 152
Atkinson, John, 109, 110, 114
Atkinson, Thomas, 75, 89
Baines, Dr., 76, 79, 123 n
Edward, 220
Bank Top Mill, Manchester, 72, 74
Bate, F., 300
Bell, Dr., 129, 137
Bell, Henry, 81
Bellers, John, 217
Benefit Societies, 278 f.
Bentham, Jeremy, 18, 112, 141, 148, 152, 206
Birkbeck, Dr., 233, 254
Morris, 241
Birmingham, 15, 262, 266, 271, 274
Blessington, Lord, 228
Borrodale and Atkinson, Messrs., 75
Bourne, Sturges, 185
Braxfield House, 116ff., 235
Braxfield, Lord, 118
Brindley, J., 298f
Bristol Riots, 257
British and Foreign Consolidated Association oil Industry, Humanity and Knowledge, 289, 294
British and Foreign Philanthropic Society, 228
British and Foreign Schools Society, 124, 129
Brougham, Lord, 142, 162, 186, 194, 210, 228, 253, 310
Buildersā€™ Guild, Grand National, 29, 261, 271ff., 325f
Buildersā€™ strikes, 273f.
Buildersā€™ Union, Operative, 29, 268, 271ff., 280, 28...

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
  7. INTRODUCTION TO THIRD EDITION
  8. PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION
  9. I. ROBERT OWEN AND HIS TIMES
  10. II. THE CHILD
  11. III. THE SHOP-BOY
  12. IV. A ROMANCE OF BUSINESS
  13. V. MANCHESTERā€”MARRIAGE
  14. VI. NEW LANARK, 1800ā€“1813
  15. VII. LIFE AT BRAXFIELD
  16. VIII. IDEAS ON EDUCATION
  17. IX. THE FIRST FACTORY ACT
  18. X. ā€œMR. OWENā€™S PLANā€
  19. XI. THE DAYS OF PETERLOO
  20. XII. LATER YEARS AT NEW LANARK
  21. XIII. THE BEGINNINGS OF OWENISM
  22. XIV. NEW HARMONY
  23. XV. THE LABOUR EXCHANGE AND THE BUILDERSā€™ GUILD
  24. XVI. THE ā€œTRADES UNIONā€
  25. XVII. OLD AGE
  26. XVIII. CONCLUSION
  27. APPENDICES
  28. A. OBJECTS OF THE GRAND NATIONAL GUILD OF BUILDERS, 1833
  29. B. FIRST DRAFT PLAN OF THE GRAND NATIONAL CONSOLIDATED TRADES UNION, 1833
  30. C. RULES OF THE GRAND NATIONAL CONSOLIDATED TRADES UNION, 1834
  31. D. PREAMBLE TO RULES OF THE NATIONAL COMMUNITY FRIENDLY SOCIETY, 1837
  32. E. PRINCIPAL WRITINGS OF ROBERT OWEN
  33. F. BOOKS USEFUL FOR THE STUDY OF OWEN AND OWENISM
  34. Index