Robert Owen and New Lanark
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## Contents

- Introduction
- Learning outcomes
- 1 A New View of Society
- 2 Progress and the economy
  - 2.1 The cotton industry
  - 2.2 David Dale and New Lanark 1785–1800
- 3 Politics: Radicalism and reaction
- 4 The making of a social reformer
  - 4.1 Environment and education: Wales 1771–c.1782
  - 4.2 Apprenticeship in retailing c.1782–c.1789
  - 4.3 Business and enlightenment: Manchester 1789–99
  - 4.4 Manchester Literary & Philosophical Society and Board of Health
  - 4.5 Owen at New Lanark 1800–c.1812
  - 4.6 New Lanark and the Falls of Clyde
- 5 The background to the essays
  - 5.1 The essays in context
  - 5.2 Owen in London 1812–14
  - 5.3 Further enlightened influences: Godwin, Place and Mill
- 6 The essays
  - 6.1 Overview
  - 6.2 The dedications
  - 6.3 First Essay
  - 6.4 Second Essay
  - 6.5 Third Essay
  - 6.6 Fourth Essay
- 7 New Lanark as showpiece and text
- 8 Impact of the essays
- 9 The factory reform movement
- 10 Working-class distress and planned communities
- 11 Conclusion
- Keep on learning
- Glossary
- References
- Further Reading
- Acknowledgements

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