{"product_id":"the-international-co-operative-alliance-and-the-consumer-co-operative-movement-in-northern-europe-c-1860-1939-9781526100801","title":"The International Co-Operative Alliance and the Consumer Co-Operative Movement in Northern Europe, C. 1860-1939","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Mary Hilson\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Manchester University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Comparative Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Manchester University Press","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47889768448151,"sku":"9781526100801","price":9459.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781526100801.webp?v=1781177686","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-international-co-operative-alliance-and-the-consumer-co-operative-movement-in-northern-europe-c-1860-1939-9781526100801","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}