Cooperative Commonwealth

by Steven J. Keillor

The author examines how rural Minnesotans used the principles of cooperation to gain control of local economies and to exercise that control according to democratic principles. It is also a biography of rural people, told in their own words through newspapers and minutes of local meetings.

472 pages, Hardcover

First published March 1, 2000

Reviews

[Phillip Paiement · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating history of collective action, and very thoroughly written.