{"product_id":"9780850367102","title":"All Our Own Work: The pioneers of Hebden Bridge and their co-operative mill","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThe co-operators of Hebden Bridge were to producer co-operation what the Rochdale Pioneers were to consumer co-operation – pioneers. Driven by a desire to create their own employment under their own control, weavers, cutters and machinists at the Nutclough fustian mill developed a successful business in a small Pennine town. At its peak it employed over 300 women and men. It ran for almost fifty years, each year profitable. Hebden Bridge’s co-operative contributed leaders to the national co-op movement and to the emerging movement for workers’ education. Its central figure Joseph Greenwood was involved in the creation of the International Co-operative Alliance. Women associated with the co-operative set up in Hebden Bridge the first branch of the Women’s Co-operative Guild in the country. This richly researched and engrossing account of a worker-run business is the first significant study of early producer co-operatives in Britain for over a century.","brand":"Merlin Press Limited, The","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022116634864,"sku":"9780850367102","price":21.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780850367102_p0.jpg?v=1763824365","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780850367102","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}