Robert Owen and His Legacy

Informationen zum Autor Noel Thompson is Professor of History and Pro Vice-Chancellor at Swansea University. Chris Williams is Professor of Welsh History and Director of the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities at Swansea University. Klappentext A radical thinker and humanitarian employer! Owen made a major contribution to nineteenth-century social movements including co-operatives! trade unions and workers' education. He was a pioneer of enlightened approaches to the education of children and an advocate of birth control. Zusammenfassung A radical thinker and humanitarian employer! Owen made a major contribution to nineteenth-century social movements including co-operatives! trade unions and workers' education. He was a pioneer of enlightened approaches to the education of children and an advocate of birth control.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Noel Thompson, Chris Williams, Chris/ Thompson Williams
• Mitarbeit: Noel Thompson (Herausgeber), Chris Williams (Herausgeber)
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheint: 15.02.2012, verspätet
• EAN: 9780708324424
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2442-4
• Seiten: 288
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Theorien und Ideengeschichte; Robert, Scotland, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Legacy, Owen, his, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies