Consumers Against Capitalism?

Consumer Cooperation in Europe, North America, and Japan, 1840D1990

Ellen Furlough (Anthology Editor) , Carl Strikwerda (Anthology Editor) , Peder Alex (Contributor) , Niels Finn Christiansen (Contributor) , Kathleen Donahue (Contributor) , Brett Fairbairn (Contributor) ,

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Consumers Against Capitalism?

Consumer Cooperation in Europe, North America, and Japan, 1840D1990

Ellen Furlough (Anthology Editor) , Carl Strikwerda (Anthology Editor) , Peder Alex (Contributor) , Niels Finn Christiansen (Contributor) , Kathleen Donahue (Contributor) , Brett Fairbairn (Contributor) ,

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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.

Product details

Published	18 Feb 1999
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Extent	388
ISBN	9780742575004
Imprint	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

Anthology Editor

Ellen Furlough

Anthology Editor

Carl Strikwerda

Contributor

Peder Alex

Contributor

Niels Finn Christiansen

Contributor

Kathleen Donahue

Contributor

Brett Fairbairn

Contributor

Peter Gurney

Contributor

Gabriella Hauch

Contributor

Steven Leikin

Contributor

Ian MacPherson

An important book on a topic of considerable current interest.

Timothy Guinnane, Yale University
[This anthology] constitutes an insightful and stimulating first step towards the explanation of the infrastructure of consumption in the age of capitalism. . . It is to the great merit of Ellen Furlough and Carl Strikwerda to have drawn attention to the possibility of historical alternatives in an area as seemingly "naturally" capitalist as commercial activities in nineteenth and twentieth century First World societies.

Gerd-Rainer Horn, Western Oregon University, H-Business and Eh.Net
All in all, this book is to be recommended as a very useful guide to the international development of consumer cooperation.

Eric Hopkins, Universities of Birmingham and Wolverhampton, Journal of Economic History
This volume will be of considerable value to a range of scholars. Uniformly well-organized and capably written, the essays composing this volume will pique the interest on most readers.

Business History
It seldom happens that a book lives up to its grandiose promises, but this one really "fills a significant gap in the literature of labor history."

International Review Of Social History
An exceptionally interesting collection. . . All the articles in this collection are solid, well-informed contributions that cast new light on working-class culture in their respective countries.

Michael Hanagan, New School for Social Research