Owenism
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Instead, the lasting influence of Owenism was in workers organization, with the Owenites helping to organize a number of influential early trade unions, culminating in the London Working Men’s Association in 1836.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020
As Owenism, with all its disasters, prepared the way for Fourierism, so we may hope that Fourierism, with all its disasters, has prepared the way for a third and perhaps final socialistic movement.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
It antedated Brisbane's revival of Fourierism, was encouraged by Owenism, survived both, and formed a living link between the utopianism of the early nineteenth century and the utilitarian socialism of the twentieth.
From Our Foreigners A Chronicle of Americans in the Making by Orth, Samuel Peter
Robert Dale Owen was the eldest son of Robert Owen, the famous English manufacturer-philanthropist, who originated the system of socialism known as "Owenism."
From A History of Trade Unionism in the United States by Perlman, Selig
As Owenism advanced, the argument took a more distinct form.
From The English Utilitarians, Volume II (of 3) James Mill by Stephen, Leslie, Sir
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