Title The International Co-operative Alliance and the consumer co-operative movement in Northern Europe, c. 1860-1939 / Mary Hilson

Published Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2018 ©2018

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) 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' 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 Notes In English Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 28, 2018) Subject International Co-operative Alliance -- History SUBJECT International Co-operative Alliance fast Subject Consumer cooperatives -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 19th century Consumer cooperatives -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 20th century Cooperative societies -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 19th century Cooperative societies -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 20th century Cooperation -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 19th century Cooperation -- Europe, Northern -- History -- 20th century BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economics -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Economic History. Consumer cooperatives Cooperation Cooperative societies Northern Europe Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9781526135919 1526135914 9781526127341 1526127342 9781526127334 1526127334

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