| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Summary |
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. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-189) and index. |
| Contents |
Co-operation in the Nordic countries before 1914: international networks and the transmission of ideas -- Co-operative internationalism in practice: the International Co-operative Alliance (ICA) before and after the First World War -- The politics of international co-operation: neutrality and crisis -- Nordisk Andelsforbund (NAF), co-operative trade and Nordic co-operation during the interwar period -- Co-operation and the emergence of the Nordic 'middle way'. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
International Co-operative Alliance -- History.
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International Co-operative Alliance. |
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History. |
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Consumer cooperatives -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 19th century.
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Consumer cooperatives. |
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Northern Europe. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Consumer cooperatives -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Cooperative societies -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 19th century.
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Cooperative societies. |
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Cooperative societies -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 20th century.
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Cooperation -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 19th century.
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Cooperation. |
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Cooperation -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 20th century.
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| Chronological Term |
1800-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Hilson, Mary. International Co-operative Alliance and the consumer co-operative movement in northern Europe, c. 1860-1939. Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018 1526100800 (OCoLC)1004013382 |
| ISBN |
9781526135919 (electronic book) |
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1526135914 (electronic book) |
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9781526127341 (electronic book) |
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1526127342 (electronic book) |
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9781526127334 (electronic book) |
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1526127334 (electronic book) |
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9781526100801 (hardcover) |
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1526100800 (hardcover) |
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