The Practical Utopians: American Workers and the Cooperative Movement in the Gilded Age

by Steven Leikin

Book Overview

An exploration of the ideological conflicts and practical experiences of late-nineteenth-century American workers who pursued "cooperation" as an alternative to "competitive" capitalism.

Between 1865 and 1890, in the aftermath of the Civil War, virtually every important American labor reform organization advocated "cooperation" over "competitive" capitalism and several thousand cooperatives opened for business during this era. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814331289
• ISBN13: 9780814331286
• Release Date: January 2005
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.09 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.3"