England's co-operative movement : an architectural history /
Lynn Pearson.
- Swindon : Historic England, (c)2020.
- 1 online resource : illustrations (colour).
- Historic England Ser. .
Includes bibliographies and index.
Cover -- 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 -- Notes -- Appendix 1: Number of Co-operative Stores by Date -- Appendix 2: CWS Industrial Locations -- Appendix 3: Timeline of the CWS Architects' Department -- Select Bibliography -- Index
This is the first book to tell the intriguing story of England's co-op architecture, from much-loved corner shops through huge department stores to the factories and warehouses that supplied them. Numerous illustrations allow readers to see the eclectic designs - by hundreds of local architects - which changed our shopping landscape forever.
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Co-operative Group (Great Britain)
Stores, Retail--Design and construction--History.--England Cooperative societies--History.--England Architecture--History.--England