A selection of some of the most important writings of Robert Owen, the Lanark mill-owner, social philosopher and founder of the early-Victorian co-operative mov

A radical thinker and humanitarian employer, Owen made a major contribution to nineteenth-century social movements including co-operatives, trade unions and wor

Robert Owen (1771-1858) was the founder of British socialism, and one of the most influential reformers in Britain and America in the first half of the 19th cen