Introduction: equitable pioneers -- All things in common : prehistory -- The lovely principle : formation -- The clock of the world : disruption -- Gold rush : money -- Slow computing : platforms -- Free the land : power -- Phase transition: commonwealth -- Acknowledgments -- Note on sources --...

The co-operative movement in Britain -- Co-operative retail societies and the community -- The ideology behind the shop front -- The social-cultural milieu of the co-operative movement -- "We seek to provide food for the mind": the educational work of co-operative societies -- Protecting the...