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
This we have already been doing, in studying Owenism.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
It was at Leicester, a place seething with social experiment in its small provincial way, with secularism, Owenism, anti-vaccination, and much else, that Lomax fell a victim to one 'ism the more—to vegetarianism.
From The History of David Grieve by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.
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
Fourierism was introduced into this country by Albert Brisbane and Horace Greeley in 1842, and then commenced another great national movement similar to that of Owenism, but far more universal and enthusiastic.
From History of American Socialisms by Noyes, John Humphrey
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