Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 1.1. Why this book, and why now? -- 1.2. Building Co-operation---Some caveats -- 1.3. Towards a co-operative business history -- 1.4. The co-operative business model and The Co-operative Group -- 1.5.Organization -- pt. I RISE AND REIGN -- 2....

Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of figures; List of tables; List of contributors; PART I: The discipline of business history; 1 Introduction; 2 Business history: Agendas, historiography and debates; 3 A revisionist historiography of business history: A richer past for...