Victorian Agitator: George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906): Co-Operation as 'This New Order of Life.': A Useable Past: The History of Association, Cooperation and Un-Statist Socialism in 19th and Early 20t

By Stephen Yeo

Volume 1. Victorian Agitator, George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906): Co-operation as 'This New Order of Life.'Holyoake was a classic example of Gramsci's working-class 'organic intellectual'. An Owenite 'social missionary', he became a Radical Liberal, Secularist and Co-operator, responsible for the legend of 'the Rochdale Pioneers'. A journalist, thinker, multiple 'joiner' and promoter of freedom in many settings, Holyoake was also a highly-readable stylist. An influential 19th century public figure, his life and work have recently been neglected among co-operators as by well historians. The case for reviving work on his ideas is powerful.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1911204572
• ISBN13: 9781911204572
• Release Date: May 2017
• Publisher: Edward Everett Root
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"