List of contributors Acknowledgements List of figures List of tables 1. Taking stock: an introduction - Lawrence Black, Nicole Robertson Part I. Debating and constructing post-war decline 2. The post-war decline of the British retail Co-operative movement: nature, causes and consequences - John Walton 3. 'Trying to sell a parcel of politics with a parcel of groceries': the Co-operative Independent Commission (CIC) and consumerism in post-war Britain - Lawrence Black 4. Consumer co-operation and the transformation of modern food retailing: the British and Norwegian consumer co-operative movement in comparison, 1950-2002 - Espen Ekberg Part II. Ideologies and identities 5. The consumer co-operative movement in cross-national perspective: Britain and Sweden, c.1860-1939 - Mary Hilson 6. The identity of co-operative and mutual enterprises and the political sociology of Emile Durkheim: an introduction - Stephen Yeo 7. Irish railwaymen and the retail Co-operative movement, 1917-23 - Conor McCabe 8. Employers and workers: conflicting identities over women's wages in the co-operative movement, 1906-18 - Rachael Vorberg-Rugh 9. 'Mothers for Peace', co-operation, feminism and peace: the Women's Co-operative Guild and the anti-war movement between the wars - Andrew Flinn Part III. Consumerism and material culture 10. The commemorative urge: the Co-operative movement's collective memory - Chris Wrigley 11. Promoting product quality: the Co-op and the Council of Industrial Design - Lesley Whitworth 12. Innovation, modernisation, consumerism: the Co-operative movement and the making of British advertising and marketing culture, 1890s - 1960s - Stefan Schwarzkopf 13. 'Co-operation: the hope of the consumer'? The co-operative movement and consumer protection - Nicole Robertson 14. 'Cost of cup of tea': Fair Trade and the British Co-operative movement, c.1960-2000 - Matthew Anderson
