Co-operation and globalisation : the British co-operative wholesales, the co-operative group and the world since 1863

Mr Bates goes to Washington : industrialisation, consumerism, overseas trade and British co-operation 1800-1890 : an overview -- Butter, dried fruit and the big apple : the rise of the CWS/SCWS as a global business 1863-1890 -- Indian cuppas, West African soap and Irish failures : the maturing of a global supply network : the CWS's international trade, British co-operation and the British state 1890-1918 -- Dealing with dictators and developing the empire : the zenith of British co-operation and the world 1918-1945? -- Retreat and deconstruction : the decline of the global British co-operative wholesale networks 1945-1980 and West Africa and South Asia : two case studies of the wholesales overseas -- Rebuilding global networks and moral regeneration : evaluating the emergence of the co-operative group 1980-2018 within the global history of British wholesale co-operation -- Bibliography -- Index.