| The International Co-Operative Alliance and the Consumer Co-Operative Movement in Northern Europe, C. 1860-1939 Contributor(s): Hilson, Mary (Author) |
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ISBN: 1526100800 ISBN-13: 9781526100801 Publisher: Manchester University Press OUR PRICE: $123.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Comparative Politics - Business & Economics | Economic History - History | Social History |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.4" W x 9.3" (1.01 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The book examines the history of co-operation in the broad context of the history of consumerism and consumption; of internationalism and the development of international organisations; and debates about international trade during the inter-war period. The fundamental question explored in the book concerns the meaning of co-operation. Was it a social movement or an economic enterprise? Did it aspire to challenge capitalism or to reform it? Did it contain at its heart a political vision for the transformation of society or was it simply a practical guide for organising a business? Hilson argues that it was both, but that an examination of the debates over the different meanings of co-operation can also illuminate broader questions about the emergence of consumer interests in the first half of the twentieth century, especially in a transnational context. |