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Owenite Socialism: Pamphlets and Correspondence (10 volume set)
Owenite Socialism Pamphlets and Correspondence - 10 volume set Author:Robert Owen, Abram Combe, Henry McCormac, William Hawkes Smith, George Fleming This ten-volume set reprints an extensive facsimile collection of Owenite Socialist and co-operative material, the bulk of which are extremely scarce and difficult to find outside of specialist research libraries. The volumes are arranged in chronological order, tracing from the beginnings of movement up to the late 1840s when there existed man... more »y co-operative societies. The collection also includes the writings of several of Owen's socialist contemporaries including; Abram Combe, Henry McCormac, William Hawkes Smith and George Fleming.
Robert Owen has often been described as the 'father of English Socialism'. Despite being a high capitalist himself, he believed that the advancement of humankind could be furthered by the improvement of every individual's personal environment. He promoted a self-help ethic arguing that the working man must first change his own attitude in order to achieve equality and thereby lessen the maldistribution of wealth throughout the country. Owen's ideas began to spread through lectures, meetings and the promotion of various associations throughout the first half of the nineteenth century.« less