| Working Together |
| Two Centuries of Co-operation on Prince Edward Island |
| Marian Bruce Elizabeth Cran |
Throughout the years, and around the world, people have adopted
co-operative models as an effective way of doing business, as an
expression of a philosophy that gives ordinary people control over
their lives, and as a means to economic democracy.
Here at home, Prince Edward Islanders have been engaged in
co-operation, too, consistently putting their innovative stamp on
co-operative ideas modelled elsewhere, shaping them to fit their
distinct needs. And, where no models existed, Islanders created
their own: institutions such as farmers' banks and fishermen's
unions - institutions that inspired co-operators elsewhere.
Working Together compellingly tells the story of the co-operative
movement in Prince Edward Island, from its beginnings in the 19th
century to its prospects for the 21st. Based on exhaustive
research and dozens of oral interviews, and written in a journalistic
style, it shows how innovative Islanders have reshaped ideas and
models developed elsewhere to fit their particular needs.
co-operative models as an effective way of doing business, as an
expression of a philosophy that gives ordinary people control over
their lives, and as a means to economic democracy.
Here at home, Prince Edward Islanders have been engaged in
co-operation, too, consistently putting their innovative stamp on
co-operative ideas modelled elsewhere, shaping them to fit their
distinct needs. And, where no models existed, Islanders created
their own: institutions such as farmers' banks and fishermen's
unions - institutions that inspired co-operators elsewhere.
Working Together compellingly tells the story of the co-operative
movement in Prince Edward Island, from its beginnings in the 19th
century to its prospects for the 21st. Based on exhaustive
research and dozens of oral interviews, and written in a journalistic
style, it shows how innovative Islanders have reshaped ideas and
models developed elsewhere to fit their particular needs.
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| "The story of the co-operative movement is one of the great themes of Island history. And there are certain parts of it, such as the founding of a fisherman's union in Tignish and the Farmers' Bank of Rustico, a model for the credit union movement, where Islanders were true pioneers." - Harry Baglole |
| Writers Marian Bruce (front left) and Elizabeth Cran (front right) are shown with Harry Baglole (back). Harry was the driving force behind Working Together. The book was twenty years in the making. |
| _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS |
| Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter One Antecedents - Roots of Co-operation, 1800-1900 Chapter Two The Denmark of Canada, 1900-1930 Chapter Three The Island and the Antigonish Movement, 1930-1945 Chapter Four Flood Tide, Ebb Tide, 1946-1963 Chapter Five Meeting the Challenge of Change, 1963-1995 Chapter Six Looking Ahead Appendices Notes Biography Index |
_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ABOUT THE AUTHORS Marian Bruce Elizabeth Cran |
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