Albert Ramsdell Gurney

Peter Gurney

Peter W. Gurney

This innovative, research-based book presents a positive critique of the co-operative alternative to emerging capitalist forms of mass consumption in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. This alternative was embedded in the culture of the movement and Peter Gurney provides a full analysis of that culture - its strategy and ambition, social and educational forms, internationalism and historical consciousness.

Co-operative Culture and the Politics of Consumption in England, 1870-1930

In the months before he died Peter Gurney was working on this book - a sequel to 'All Of Their Kind' and 'More of Their Kind'. He never tired of writing about and photographing his favourite animals and in this book we are given an insight to 'life with Peter', as seen from the guineau pigs viewpoint.

Last of Their Kind

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE AWARD WINNER 2018 It is commonly accepted that the consumer is now centre stage in modern Britain, rather than the worker or producer. Consumer choice is widely regarded as the major source of self-definition and identity rather than productive activity. Politicians vie with each other to fashion their appeal to 'citizen-consumers'. When and how did these profound changes occur? Which historical alternatives were pushed to the margins in the process? In what ways did the everyday consumer practices and forms of consumer organising adopted by both middle and working-class men and women shape the outcomes? This study of the making of consumer culture in Britain since 1800 explores these questions, introduces students to major debates and cuts a distinctive path through this vibrant field. It suggests that the consumer culture that emerged during this period was shaped as much by political relationships as it was by economic and social factors.

The Making of Consumer Culture in Modern Britain

First published in 1993 and now available as an ebook. The bestselling story of one man’s fight against terrorism.

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