Consumers Against Capitalism?: Consumer Cooperation in Europe, North America, and Japan, 1840D1990

Ellen Furlough, Carl Strikwerda

ISBN 10: 0847686493 / ISBN 13: 9780847686490

Published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 99/b /18 F, 1999

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Consumers Against Capitalism?: Consumer Cooperation in Europe, North America, and Japan, 1840D1990
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 99/b /18 F
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0847686493
• ISBN 13: 9780847686490
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

There is a growing scholarly interest in the historical development of what has been called a 'consumer society.' In this important collection of essays, historians from six different countries trace the history of the consumer cooperative movement in much of western Europe and North America from its inception to the present. The consumer cooperative, as the contributors show, bears directly on the role of socialist parties, the nascent feminist movement, and conceptions of the worker's role in a changing economy and society in the 19th and 20th centuries. The first book to explore consumer cooperation on a comparative, international level, Consumers Against Capitalism fills a significant gap in the literature of labor history. It also makes a significant contribution to the literature on consumerism and capitalist culture. It is essential reading for students and scholars of labor history, women's history, and social movements.

About the Author

Peter Gurney is Professor of British Social History at the University of Essex, UK.