WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
A utopian who set up a model community at his cotton mill in Scotland.
A
Jeremy Bentham
B
Thomas Malthus
C
Robert Owen
D
Karl Marx
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Robert Owen (/ˈoʊɪn/; 14 May 1771 – 17 November 1858) was a Welsh textile manufacturer, philanthropist and social reformer, and a founder of utopian socialism and the cooperative movement.

Detailed explanation-2: -THE INNOVATIVE APPROACH BEHIND THE UTOPIAN COMMUNITIES They sold New Harmony to Robert Owen in 1825, and he, along with his business partner William Maclure, hoped to establish a model community where education and social equality would flourish.

Detailed explanation-3: -Robert Owen, (born May 14, 1771, Newtown, Montgomeryshire, Wales-died November 17, 1858, Newtown), Welsh manufacturer turned reformer, one of the most influential early 19th-century advocates of utopian socialism.

Detailed explanation-4: -Robert Owen (1771-1858) was an early industrialist. He is perhaps best known for his model textile factory and village at New Lanark in Scotland. Conditions in early factories were extremely harsh, with very hazardous working conditions for all employees.

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