A selection of some of the most important writings of Robert Owen, the Lanark mill-owner, social philosopher and founder of the early-Victorian co-operative movement. The volume contains not only his two most influential works, A New View of Society and Report to the County of Lanark, but also his Observations on the Effects of the Manufacturing System, his prescriptive texts for a new moral order, and his lectures on religion, poverty and education.

Robert Owen and the Owenites were associated with the rise of an early industrial society in Britain and with the development of an agricultural, frontier society in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. This book, originally published in 1969, was the first to use both British and American source material, and tells the story of Robert Owen and the movement associated with his name, from the standpoint of comparative social and intellectual history. The book directs new light on Owenism, and at the same time illuminates general problems of the history of social movements and social change in modern societies.

Robert Owen and the Owenites were associated with the rise of an early industrial society in Britain and with the development of an agricultural, frontier society in the United States during the first half of the nineteenth century. This book, originally published in 1969, was the first to use both British and American source material, and tells the story of Robert Owen and the movement associated with his name, from the standpoint of comparative social and intellectual history. The book directs new light on Owenism, and at the same time illuminates general problems of the history of social movements and social change in modern societies.

Features a list of the published works by the Welsh socialist and philanthropist Robert Owen (1771-1858). Includes the full text of his essay "A New View of Society," presented online by the Department of Economics at McMaster University.