Robert Owen's Experiment at New Lanark : From Paternalism to Socialism.
Siméon, Ophélie.
2017
D1-DX301
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Title Robert Owen's Experiment at New Lanark : From Paternalism to Socialism.
Author Siméon, Ophélie.
ISBN 9783319642277
3319642278
331964226X
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DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-64227-7
Publication Details Cham : Springer International Publishing, 2017.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (180 pages)
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-319-64227-7 doi
Call Number D1-DX301
Dewey Decimal Classification 900
Summary This book provides an account of how, in the years 1800-1825, enlightened entrepreneur and budding reformer Robert Owen used his cotton mill village of New Lanark, Scotland, as a test-bed for a set of political intuitions which would later form the bedrock of early socialism in Britain. Drawing from previously unpublished archival sources, this study shows that New Lanark was not merely on the receiving end of Owen's innovative brand of industrial paternalism, but also acted as a major source of inspiration for many aspects of his social system, including his desire to remodel society along communitarian lines. This book therefore reaffirms the centrality of New Lanark as the cradle of socialism in Britain, and provides a contextualised, social history of Owen's ideas, tracing direct continuities between his early years as a paternalistic businessman, and his later career as a radical political leader. In doing so, it eschews the myth of New Lanark as a unidimensional 'model' village and addresses the ambiguities of Owen's journey from paternalism to socialism.
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Acknowledgements
Contents
List of Figures
Chapter 1 Introduction
References
Chapter 2 Beginnings
From Newtown to New Lanark: Robert Owenâ#x80;#x99;s Early Years, 1771â#x80;#x93;1799
New Lanark Before Owen
References
Chapter 3 The â#x80;#x9C;Preparatory Phaseâ#x80;#x9D;, 1800â#x80;#x93;1816
A Difficult Start
Improving â#x80;#x9C;External Circumstancesâ#x80;#x9D;
Re-Modelling â#x80;#x9C;Internal Circumstancesâ#x80;#x9D;
Positive Disciplinary Methods
Producing a Model Identity
Education in the Community: The New Lanark Schools and Institute for the Formation of Character
References

Chapter 4 Towards the â#x80;#x9C;New Moral Worldâ#x80;#x9D;, 1816â#x80;#x93;1825From Paternalism to Socialism: Owenâ#x80;#x99;s Radicalisation, 1816â#x80;#x93;1820
Life in the â#x80;#x9C;Villages of Co-Operationâ#x80;#x9D;
References
Chapter 5 Visions of New Lanark
New Lanark as Showpiece
The View From the Village
The Internalisation of Norms
Conflict in the â#x80;#x9C;Happy Valleyâ#x80;#x9D; and Beyond
References
Chapter 6 Rethinking New Lanark: The Model and The Myth
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