This is the definitive account of an extremely influential movement in political history.

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.

This ten-volume set reprints an extensive 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...