Innovative Consumer Co-operatives

This book will provide the first in depth analysis of the history of the Berkeley Co-operative using its substantial but little used archives and oral histories to explore what the Berkeley experience means for the co-operative business model.

Greg Patmore is Emeritus Professor of Business and Labour History at the University of Sydney Business School, Australia. ORCID: 0000-0001-7151-4381

Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations List of Tables List of Illustrations 1. Consumer Co-operatives: Theory and Practice 2. International Consumer Co-operative Movement Before 1993 3. Consumer Co-operatives in the US before 1993 4. The Origins and Early Years of the Berkeley Co-operative until 1947 5. Gaining a Foothold: 1947-1961 6. Politics and Expansion: 1962-1971 7. Instability and Final Expansion: 1972-1980 8. Chaos and Collapse: 1981-1993 9. Conclusion Index