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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Noel Thompson, Chris Williams, Chris/ Thompson Williams
• Con la collaborazione di: Noel Thompson (Editore), Chris Williams (Editore)
• Editore: University Of Chicago Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 15.02.2012, ritardato
• EAN: 9780708324424
• ISBN: 978-0-7083-2442-4
• Pagine: 288
• Categorie: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Teorie politiche e storia delle idee; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia; 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