The Co-operative Movement and Communities in Britain, 1914-1960 : Minding Their Own Business (Hardcover, New ed)

Contents: Preface; The Co-operative Movement in Britain; Co-operative Retail Societies and the community; The ideology behind the shop front; The social-cultural milieu of the Co-operative Movement. 'We seek to provide food for the mind': the educational work of Co-operative Societies; Protecting the consumer; The Co-operative Movement and political action; Workers and consumers in partnership? The Co-operative Movement as an employer of labour; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.