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Andrew Bibby - All Our Own Work, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

All Our Own Work

The pioneering worker-run co-operative mill in Hebden Bridge

Av Andrew Bibby

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Wanting tocreate employment under their own control, textile workers in the small Penninetown of Hebden Bridge developed in the years from 1870 a successfulco-operative business which at its peak employed over 300 women and men - andwhich made a profit every single year.The'Nutclough Mill' became nationally, and indeed internationally, renowned. Its central figure Joseph Greenwood wasinvolved in the creation of the International Co-operative Alliance. Womenassociated with the co-operative set up the country's first branch of theWomen's Co-operative Guild.Creating,almost for the first time, a new way of working wasn't always easy. There weredebates on how to share the rewards of the business, and on how much powerthose who provided the capital should be given. There were dilemmas to face:should the mill produce quality products or poorer goods that sold better?Thisengrossing account of a worker-run business is the first significant study ofearly producer co-operatives in Britain for over a century. The lessons learnedin Hebden Bridge are still relevant today for all who seek to find new ways ofworking.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-10-01
  • Mått: 158 x 235 x 16 mm
  • Vikt: 418 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 246
  • Upplaga: 2
  • Förlag: Gritstone Publishing
  • ISBN: 9781913625252
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Andrew Bibby is a writer and journalist, with a particular interest in the co-operative business model and co-operative history. His journalism has appeared in the British national press and he has undertaken work for, among others, the International Co-operative Alliance, the International Labour Organization COOP and Co-operatives UK. He is the author of several books, including the history of early co-operative and community-led housing initiatives in Britain, These Houses Are Ours (Gritstone Publishing).

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"Bibby'sbook is essential reading." - Prof Stephen Yeo"Ahistory so worth the telling... Bibby is to be congratulated on providing acarefully researched, organised and contextualised history" - N.W.Labour History Journal"Thisimportant book by one of our most knowledgeable writers on co-operativeaffairs" - Journal of Co-operative Studies"Thisis not just a readable and fascinating history but also a well-timed account ofdilemmas that new co-operatives still have to face, especially those in theworker co-op sector" - Spokesman"A wide-ranging work ofscholarship" - Family and Community History

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