The Life of Robert Owen


Book Description

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.
















Robert Owen


Book Description

The hagiography generated by his disciples did neither his name nor reputation much good, since they transformed the 'Social Father' of their movement into the 'Father of Socialism', a sobriquet that ill fits him, yet it sticks to this day. Ian Donnachie's study is the first full biography of Owen for over fifty years."--BOOK JACKET.