Author: GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE
Title: The Rochdale Pioneers: Thirty-Three Years of Co-Operation in Rochdale. In Two Parts.
Description: London, The Engineering Magazine. 1882. Hardcover, 8vo - over 7¾. Book, 1882 --THE ROCHDALE PIONEERS-- Self-Help by The People, Thirty-Three Years of Co-operation in Rochdale, in Two Parts-- Signed & dated by GEORGE JACOB HOLYOAKE, inscribed to original owner. Decorative cover. Both parts bound into a single volume. Overall, very nice and bright, presents well. 'Dedicated (by permission) to Lord Brougham, who in his nobly earned elevation has never ceased to advance the intellectual and social welfare of the people; and who lent, when the act was courageous and the service priceless, the influence of his great name for the promotion of social science, of which co-operation is the industrial part'  The Rochdale Principles are a set of ideals for the operation of social co-operatives-- set out in 1844 by the Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers in Rochdale, England, these principles form the basis of the principles which co-ops worldwide still use today. George Jacob Holyoake (1817-1906) was an English secularist, co-operator and newspaper editor-- he became a 'socialist missionary' in 1840 and a follower of social reformer Robert Owen, a founder of Utopian socialism and the co-operative movement. In this time period, Holyoake moved to Worcester in west-central England and became a full-time socialist lecturer. Holyoake, as a leading proponent of the co-operative movement, gained prominence in the 'secularist' press and is credited with coining the terms 'secularism' and 'jingoism'. Hardcover book: 7.25"x 5", bumped at one corner, 2" tear at bottom of rear endpaper, a few worn spots around spine. Very Good. Inscribed by Author(s).

Keywords: Economics, Political Science,19th c., co-ops, English, socialism, secularism, newspapers