A Compelling Story

The story of Robert Owen is compelling for a number of reasons. First and foremost, his genius has never been fully recognized. As one of the great pioneers in social thought, he is but a footnote in history. As an educational innovator, he is largely unknown. And as one of the most innovative managers of all time, he has never received any recognition for ideas that eventually became ingrained in the way we live and work. It is time that Robert Owen becomes known to the present generation.

The life of Robert Owen is compelling as human drama. It is hard to imagine any life so full of dramatic events as was his. The majority of these events, from birth until death, have been captured in this book.

Even in the mid-nineteenth century, Robert Owen was looking forward to the new millennium, although in his eyes he saw it as a period of great happiness and human perfection, rather than as a calendar event. It is, however, only fitting that the coming of a new millennium in our time be an appropriate time to look back and acknowledge a man who might have been a thousand years ahead of his time.