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Chris Williams & Noel Thompson
Robert Owen and his Legacy

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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.

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Language English ● Format PDF ● Pages 288 ● ISBN 9780708324448 ● File size 2.6 MB ● Editor Chris Williams & Noel Thompson ● Publisher University of Wales Press ● Published 2011 ● Edition 1 ● Downloadable 24 months ● Currency EUR ● ID 2635847 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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