The Co-Operative Movement in Great Britain - Couverture rigide

Potter, Beatrice

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0566051435 ISBN 13 : 9780566051432

Editeur : Avebury, 1987

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Opinions of tfye fress. The literature of Co-operation is already voluminous, and perhaps some might doubt whether its volume can for the present be profitably increased. That doubt will very soon be abandoned by anyone who takes up Miss Beatrice Potter sluminous and suggestive little volume, contributed to the Social Science Series, and entitled, The Co-operative Movement in Great Britain. Miss Potter writes with a strong social faith; we might, indeed, call it, in a sense, socialistic, if the word were not ambiguous, and, therefore, liable to misconstruction, and apt to create a prejudice. But she writes also with a profound knowledge of the industrial movement of her time, with a clear-sighted capacity to distinguish its essence from its accidence, and with a firm grasp of essential economic principle. Her study of the co-operative movement as one form of democratic association as one aspect of that larger movement towards an Industrial Democracy, which has characterised the history of the British working-class of the 19th century, is, therefore, not a mere bald, historical chronicle, but a thoughtful and pregnant study of tendencies, causes, and effects. The Times. The whole volume is full of suggestion, both to co-operators and to politicians. It does not express the final word, but it is without doubt the ablest and most philosophical analysis of the cooperative movement which has yet been produced. The Speaker. A book written by a vigorous thinker, brimming over with ideas and suggestions. The Westminster Review. Miss Potter swork is searching and scientific, bearing witness throughout of patient study and vigorous and independent thought. The Daily Chronicle. Co-operation has suffered a good deal from the somewhat indiscriminate enthusiasm of its admirers, and there was much need for a calm and sympathetic account of its history, its present position
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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Avebury
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0566051435
• ISBN 13: 9780566051432
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible