The Co-operative Movement and Communities in Britain, 1914-1960: Minding Their Own Business

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2010 - History - 251 pages
This volume reassesses the impact of the co-operative movement on various communities in Britain during the period 1914-1960, providing a comprehensive account of the grass roots influence of co-operatives during war and peace.
 

Contents

1
14
Cooperative Retail Societies and the Community
23
The Ideology behind the Shop Front
45
2
66
The SocialCultural Milieu of the Cooperative Movement
73
1
75
the Educational Work
101
1
102
Protecting the Consumer
133
The Cooperative Movement and Political Action
155
Workers and Consumers in Partnership? The Cooperative
181
Conclusion
209
Bibliography
223
Index
243
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Nicole Robertson is Lecturer in History at Northumbria University and previously held the R. H. Tawney Fellowship awarded by the Economic History Society/Institute of Historical Research. She was at the University of Nottingham during this Fellowship.

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