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Author:   Lynn Pearson
Publisher:   Liverpool University Press
Imprint:   Historic England
ISBN:  

9781789622393

ISBN 10:   1789622395
Pages:   264
Publication Date:   30 September 2020
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface Acknowledgements Illustration Credits List of Abbreviations Part I: The Retail Movement Gains Popularity: 1844 to the 1910s 1 Laying the Foundations: Retail Societies, 1844–1890 2 Pioneering Production: CWS Depots and Factories, 1863–1897 3 Stylistic Free-for-all: Retail Societies, 1890 to the 1910s 4 Concrete Progress: CWS Depots and Factories, 1897 to the 1910s Part II: The Boom Years: The 1920s to the mid-1950s 5 Loss and Recovery: Retail Societies in the 1920s 6 Industrial Development: The CWS Between the Wars 7 Buying Goods in a Fairy Palace: Retail Societies in the 1930s 8 Building a Post-War World: Co-operative Architecture from the 1940s to the mid-1950s Part III: Decline, Fall and Rise: The Mid-1950s Onward 9 Art for the People: Co-op Design from the mid-1950s to the 1960s 10 Superstore to Convenience Store: Co-op Architecture in the 1970s and Beyond Appendix 1 Number of Co-operative Stores by Date Appendix 2 CWS Industrial Locations Appendix 3 Timeline of the CWS Architects’ Department Bibliography Notes Index

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'Accessible in style and timely in its publication, England's Co-operative Movement reflects not just academic interest in the subject but public enthusiasm for twentieth-century architecture. [...] Taking a chronological approach from the pioneering retail societies of the 1840s to the present day, [Lynn Pearson] presents a richly illustrated guide which contextualises buildings in relation to the expansion and changing functions of the co-operative movement.'Natalie Bradbury, Co-op News

Winner of the Association for Industrial Archaeology's Peter Neaverson Award for Outstanding Scholarship 2021 'Accessible in style and timely in its publication, England's Co-operative Movement reflects not just academic interest in the subject but public enthusiasm for twentieth-century architecture. [...] Taking a chronological approach from the pioneering retail societies of the 1840s to the present day, [Lynn Pearson] presents a richly illustrated guide which contextualises buildings in relation to the expansion and changing functions of the co-operative movement.'Natalie Bradbury, Co-op News 'There were many buildings which were new to me in this book, which surveys the history and development of co-operative architecture, from shops and department stores to bakeries, warehouses, laundries and even mobile shops. In addition, a wealth of archival material [...] offers a rare glimpse at those premises which have been demolished or changed beyond all recognition (or in some cases never made it beyond plans and drawings).'Manchester Review of Books 'Pearson's book provides an eminently readable account, the first of its kind in single book form, of the clear links between architectural and social change expressed in the development of the co-operative movement's diverse buildings.'Nicholas Doggett, Context 'Pearson has produced an expansive, chronologically arranged historical survey, broken down by broad building types (retail and industrial), then further subdivided, and as a general survey it is unlikely ever to be bettered... Pearson's book must be welcomed as the starting point for all future researchers. To unravel such a complex subject is almost as heroic an undertaking as the Co-operative movement itself.' Julian Holder, Architectural History 'This book is a long overdue celebration of the architecture of the [cooperative] movement, illustrating the contribution co-operative stores made to the high streets of England and recapturing the pride, confidence and economic muscle of the co-operative movement in its heyday.' Robin Thornes, Journal of Historic Buildings & Places 'Through an abundance of excellent archival images and full colour photographs from her own camera Lynn Pearson shows that the co-operative landscape is still all around us, though clearer in some places than others, and strongly provincial [220].' Hugh Clout, Cercles: An Interdisciplinary Journal of English Studies 'Photographs, including many historic images from the author's personal collection, combine with the well-researched text to create a fantastic resource for social as well as architectural history.' Ian West, Industrial Archaeology Review

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