Arthur Morton. The Life and Ideas of Robert Owen.

Contents

Foreword

PART ONE

OWEN’S LIFE AND WORK

I – England in 1785

II – Early Life 1771-1800

III – Owen at New Lanark

IV – Education and the Factory Children

V – A New View of Society

VI – Owen in the New World

VII – Owen Among the Workers

VIII – Owen as Trade Union Leader

IX – Owen’s Last Years

X – Owen and the French Utopians

XI – Conclusion

PART TWO

SELECTED WRITINGS

I – First Principles: Human Nature and Environment

II – Boyhood and Early Life

III – Owen at New Lanark

IV – The Industrial Revolution

V – Economic Theory

VI – Owen and the Factory Children

VII – Pioneer of Education

VIII – Owen as a Public Figure

IX – Revolution by Reason

X – Owen’s Plan

XI – Some Features of the Plan

XII – The Trades Union

XIII – Owen on Religion

XIV – Marriage and the Family

XV – A Plan for India

XVI – Eccentricities

XVII – Some Contemporary Estimates of Robert Owen