Mary Hilson

The International Co-operative Alliance and the consumer co-operative movement in northern Europe, c. 1860-1939 (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Severn House
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. April 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526127341
• Artikelnr.: 57473471

Autorenporträt

Mary Hilson is Professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies at Aarhus University

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: a transnational approach to co
operative history 1 Co
operation in the Nordic countries before 1914: international networks and the transmission of ideas 2 Co
operative internationalism in practice: the International Co
operative Alliance (ICA) before and after the First World War 3 The politics of international co
operation: neutrality and crisis 4 Nordisk Andelsforbund (NAF), co
operative trade and Nordic co
operation during the interwar period 5 Co
operation and the emergence of the Nordic 'middle way' Conclusion Bibliography Index