Robert Owen

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The life of Newtown born Robert Owen, - socialist and campaigner for cooperative living.

A look at the life of Robert Owen, born in Newtown in 1771, responsible for setting up the cooperative experiments in New Lanark in Scotland and managing improvements in working conditions in the cotton mills there.
From: Wales and the History of the World ; Ideas
First broadcast : 24 March 2010

Teachers' notes

Age Group : 11-14

Subject : History

Topic : Industrial Wales and Britain

Keywords : Robert Owen

Notes : Clip useful in study of history of politics - developments in cooperativism and socialism. For more information on his life see Robert Owen Museum.

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