Lawrence Black is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Durham University. Nicole Robertson is Lecturer in History at the University of Northumbria and was the Economic History Society’s R. H. Tawney Fellow 2006–07 (University of Nottingham)

• List of contributorsAcknowledgementsList of figuresList of tables1. Taking stock: an introduction – Lawrence Black, Nicole RobertsonPart I. Debating and constructing post-war decline2. The post-war decline of the British retail Co-operative movement: nature, causes and consequences – John Walton3. ‘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 Black4. Consumer co-operation and the transformation of modern food retailing: the British and Norwegian consumer co-operative movement in comparison, 1950–2002 – Espen EkbergPart II. Ideologies and identities5. The consumer co-operative movement in cross-national perspective: Britain and Sweden, c.1860–1939 – Mary Hilson6. The identity of co-operative and mutual enterprises and the political sociology of Emile Durkheim: an introduction – Stephen Yeo7. Irish railwaymen and the retail Co-operative movement, 1917–23 – Conor McCabe8. Employers and workers: conflicting identities over women’s wages in the co-operative movement, 1906–18 – Rachael Vorberg-Rugh9. ‘Mothers for Peace’, co-operation, feminism and peace: the Women’s Co-operative Guild and the anti-war movement between the wars – Andrew FlinnPart III. Consumerism and material culture10. The commemorative urge: the Co-operative movement’s collective memory – Chris Wrigley11. Promoting product quality: the Co-op and the Council of Industrial Design – Lesley Whitworth12. Innovation, modernisation, consumerism: the Co-operative movement and the making of British advertising and marketing culture, 1890s – 1960s – Stefan Schwarzkopf13. ‘Co-operation: the hope of the consumer’? The co-operative movement and consumer protection – Nicole Robertson14. ‘Cost of cup of tea’: Fair Trade and the British Co-operative movement, c.1960–2000 – Matthew Anderson

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Lawrence Black is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Durham University. Nicole Robertson is Lecturer in History at the University of Northumbria and was the Economic History Society’s R. H. Tawney Fellow 2006–07 (University of Nottingham)

• List of contributorsAcknowledgementsList of figuresList of tables1. Taking stock: an introduction – Lawrence Black, Nicole RobertsonPart I. Debating and constructing post-war decline2. The post-war decline of the British retail Co-operative movement: nature, causes and consequences – John Walton3. ‘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 Black4. Consumer co-operation and the transformation of modern food retailing: the British and Norwegian consumer co-operative movement in comparison, 1950–2002 – Espen EkbergPart II. Ideologies and identities5. The consumer co-operative movement in cross-national perspective: Britain and Sweden, c.1860–1939 – Mary Hilson6. The identity of co-operative and mutual enterprises and the political sociology of Emile Durkheim: an introduction – Stephen Yeo7. Irish railwaymen and the retail Co-operative movement, 1917–23 – Conor McCabe8. Employers and workers: conflicting identities over women’s wages in the co-operative movement, 1906–18 – Rachael Vorberg-Rugh9. ‘Mothers for Peace’, co-operation, feminism and peace: the Women’s Co-operative Guild and the anti-war movement between the wars – Andrew FlinnPart III. Consumerism and material culture10. The commemorative urge: the Co-operative movement’s collective memory – Chris Wrigley11. Promoting product quality: the Co-op and the Council of Industrial Design – Lesley Whitworth12. Innovation, modernisation, consumerism: the Co-operative movement and the making of British advertising and marketing culture, 1890s – 1960s – Stefan Schwarzkopf13. ‘Co-operation: the hope of the consumer’? The co-operative movement and consumer protection – Nicole Robertson14. ‘Cost of cup of tea’: Fair Trade and the British Co-operative movement, c.1960–2000 – Matthew Anderson

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Lawrence Black is Senior Lecturer in Modern British History at Durham University. Nicole Robertson is Lecturer in History at the University of Northumbria and was the Economic History Society’s R. H. Tawney Fellow 2006–07 (University of Nottingham)

• List of contributorsAcknowledgementsList of figuresList of tables1. Taking stock: an introduction – Lawrence Black, Nicole RobertsonPart I. Debating and constructing post-war decline2. The post-war decline of the British retail Co-operative movement: nature, causes and consequences – John Walton3. ‘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 Black4. Consumer co-operation and the transformation of modern food retailing: the British and Norwegian consumer co-operative movement in comparison, 1950–2002 – Espen EkbergPart II. Ideologies and identities5. The consumer co-operative movement in cross-national perspective: Britain and Sweden, c.1860–1939 – Mary Hilson6. The identity of co-operative and mutual enterprises and the political sociology of Emile Durkheim: an introduction – Stephen Yeo7. Irish railwaymen and the retail Co-operative movement, 1917–23 – Conor McCabe8. Employers and workers: conflicting identities over women’s wages in the co-operative movement, 1906–18 – Rachael Vorberg-Rugh9. ‘Mothers for Peace’, co-operation, feminism and peace: the Women’s Co-operative Guild and the anti-war movement between the wars – Andrew FlinnPart III. Consumerism and material culture10. The commemorative urge: the Co-operative movement’s collective memory – Chris Wrigley11. Promoting product quality: the Co-op and the Council of Industrial Design – Lesley Whitworth12. Innovation, modernisation, consumerism: the Co-operative movement and the making of British advertising and marketing culture, 1890s – 1960s – Stefan Schwarzkopf13. ‘Co-operation: the hope of the consumer’? The co-operative movement and consumer protection – Nicole Robertson14. ‘Cost of cup of tea’: Fair Trade and the British Co-operative movement, c.1960–2000 – Matthew Anderson

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