WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -He believed the capitalist sentiment that mobilized the Industrial Revolution was inherently individualistic and inevitably led to immorality, resulting in oppression and poverty for the working class.

Detailed explanation-2: -What did Robert Owen want to accomplish? Robert Owen was a utopian socialist, and he aimed to accomplish creating a perfect society in which poverty and unemployment was eliminated. The two social experiments that Owens attempted were at the New Lanark Mill in Scotland and in New Harmony, Indiana.

Detailed explanation-3: -Unlike other mill owners of the time, Owen kept his employees on full pay just to maintain the factory machinery in a clean, working condition. This approach of fair management proved to be successful, and as returns from the business grew Owen began to alter the working environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -At 21 he was managing a cotton mill in Manchester. Owen saw working people had a very hard life and thought they would work more productively if they had better welfare and were happier. At New Lanark mill in Scotland he gave workers shorter days, free healthcare and education from childhood to adulthood.