Article: Steve Leikin. The Practical Utopians: American Workers and the Cooperative Movement in the Gilded Age.(Book review)

Article: 'Practical utopians': Rochdale consumer ...
Labour History - A Journal of Labour and Social History;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... hereafter co-ops) was imported from the United Kingdom (UK) to Australia and New Zealand. The ideology of the cooperative movement ranged from what may be termed 'business co-operativism', which focussed on the regular 'divvy' or dividend ...

Article: Governor James Rolph And The Great Depression In California.(Book ...
California History;  September 22, 2007 ;     700+ words ... ... of power and Worthen should have treated it as such. REVIEWED BY STEVE LEIKIN, LECTURER IN HISTORY, SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY, AND AUTHOR OF THE PRACTICAL UTOPIANS: AMERICAN WORKERS AND THE COOPERATIVE MOVEMENT IN THE GILDED AGE

Article: Sweden: The Cooperative Movement in Sweden
Countries of the World;      700+ words ...00-00-0000 The Cooperative Movement in Sweden The cooperative movement is well-represented throughout Sweden and ... teamwork. In the various branches of the Swedish cooperative movement, these fundamental principles have been interpreted ...

Article: Malaysia to consolidate cooperative movement
Xinhua News Agency;  January 29, 2004 ;     612 words ... ... Malaysia to consolidate cooperative movement KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 29 ... strengthening and consolidating the cooperative movement. At the launching of the ... economic development, the cooperative movement, with its 5 million members ...

Dictionary definition: Cooperative Movement
A Dictionary of World History;      428 words ...Cooperative Movement An organization owned by and ... end of the 18th century, the Cooperative Movement was largely an attempt to offer ... Rochdale Pioneers in 1844 that the cooperative movement in Britain really got under ...

Article: Cooperative movement has key role in global ...
M2 Presswire;  September 4, 2003 ;     661 words ... ... PRESSWIRE-4 September 2003-UN: Cooperative movement has key role in global anti-poverty ... in the nineteenth century, the cooperative movement has become a significant force in ... financial and insurances services. The cooperative movement thus has a key role to play in our ...

Encyclopedia entry: cooperative movement
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ...cooperative movement series of organized activities ... Equitable Pioneers in England. The cooperative movement has since had considerable growth ... France. In the United States the cooperative movement began in the 19th cent., first ...