HST 211- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 44 pages long!)
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People with live together in their own communities one community would have a minimum of 1500 people diverse group of individuals. 85% workers, 15% intellectual business individuals everyone would live in one large building and we"ll eat together in a common room individualism is discouraged everyone will receive minimum wage. Any profit the community game would be distributed equally. meaning the amount you contribute is the amount you receive he believed this phalanstery would be successful because small communities are easier to govern. Russia, china, and american individuals tested hisphilonstery"s however they failed in the end his theories were not successful because his ideas were too radical and this at many times turn people away: robert owen ( 1771 - 1858) Brought changes in the environment of the workers to make them happier and more moral. 1813: introduced reforms in which he reduced working hours and the minimum wage at which a child could work being 10 years old.
