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American cooperatives: where they come from, what they do, where they are going.

Title
American cooperatives: where they come from, what they do, where they are going.
Author
Voorhis, Jerry, 1901-1984.
Publication
New York, Harper [1961]

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Description
226 pages; 22 cm
Summary
Historical background and story of the development of the cooperative movement in the USA - covers insurance and credit cooperatives, housing cooperatives, consumers cooperatives, production cooperatives, etc., and includes theoretical aspects of cooperation.
Subject
Contents
PREFACE -- A WORLD IN CONFLICT -- A NEW KIND OF BUSINESS FOR A NEW AGE -- THE HEALTH OF THE PEOPLE -- HOMES AND NEIGHBORHOODS -- HOW ELECTRICITY CAME TO RURAL AMERICA -- MONOPOLISTIC POWER AND THE HOPE OF FREEDOM -- THE ACHILLES HEEL OF MODERN AMERICA -- THE PEOPLE IN THE OIL BUSINESS -- THE PEOPLE'S MONEY -- THE ORGANIZED BUYING POWER OF CONSUMERS -- HANDICAPS AND SHORTCOMINGS -- TODAY AND TOMORROW -- COOPERATION AND THE HOPE OF PEACE -- INDEX.
LCCN
61010239
OCLC
  • ocm00231981
  • 231981
  • SCSB-139162
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library