"Globally, consumer co-operation has experienced a difficult period since the 1970s. Large scale failures in France, Germany and Austria were accompanied by loss of market share in the UK (including the failure of the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society and its takeover by its English...

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...