6. An Economic Appraisal of the United Cooperative Society

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Preface 5
3. Contents 7
4. 1. Introduction. A Note on the Order of Reading 13
5. Part I. Maynard, Massachusetts
6. 2. Cooperative Accomplishments in Maynard 33
7. 3. A Description of the Community 36
8. 4. The Development of Cooperatives 48
9. 5. Social Aspects of the United Cooperative Society’s Growth 69
10. 6. An Economic Appraisal of the United Cooperative Society 84
11. 7. Direction and Personnel 114
12. 8. Competition with Private Business for Patronage 122
13. 9. The Case of Maynard, Massachusetts; Conclusions 140
14. Part II. Cooperatives in the Lake Superior Region and Their Cooperative Wholesale
15. 10. A Survey of Consumers’ Cooperatives in the Lake Superior Region 147
16. 11. The Environment in Which They Developed 156
17. 12. The Development of Consumers’ Cooperatives – Why, When, Where 166
18. 13. The Cooperative Wholesale 174
19. 14. The Local Cooperative Societies During the 1920’S 186
20. 15. Social and Political Barriers to Cooperation 194
21. 16. The Cooperatives as an Independent Movement – The Depression to Date 209
22. 17. An Economic Appraisal of the Central Cooperative Wholesale Group 223
23. 18. The Direction and Personnel of the Cooperatives 265
24. 19. Factors Affecting Cooperative Growth 277
25. Part III. Conclusions
26. 20. Cooperative Contributions and Opportunities in the United States 291
27. Appendices 311
28. Index 325