Suggestions for Further Reading

Fundamentals of Consumer Cooperation. By Vienne S. Alanne. Published by Co-operative Publishing Association, Box 2000, Superior, Wis. (1941). A brief textbook on consumers’ cooperation.

The Economics of Cooperative Marketing. By Henry H. Bakken and Marvin A. Schaars. Published by McGraw-Hill Book Company, 330 West 42nd Street, New York 18, N. Y. (1937). A standard textbook on cooperative marketing, well balanced and interpretative.

Personnel Management in Farmers’ Cooperatives. By Robert O. Beers. Circular C-123, Farm Credit Administration. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. (1941). An examination of personnel policies and problems of 42 selected associations.

Cooperation: An American Way. By John Daniels. Published by Covici-Friede, 437 East 24th Street, New York, N. Y. (1938). A popular interpretation of cooperative developments.

Managing Farmers’ Cooperatives. By Kelsey D. Gardner. Circular E-21, Farm Credit Administration. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. (1939). A popular consideration of cooperative management problems.

Legal Phases of Cooperative Associations. By L. S. Hulbert. Bulletin 50, Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. (1942).

Consumers’ Cooperatives in the North Central States. By Leonard C. Kercher, Vant W. Kebker, and Wilfred C. Leland, Jr. Edited by Roland S. Vaile. Published by University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis, Minn. (1941).

Cooperative Purchasing of Farm Supplies. By Joseph G. Knapp and John H. Lister. Bulletin 1, Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. (1930. Aims, methods, and problems of cooperative purchasing associations.

A Cooperative Economy. By Benson Y. Landis. Published by Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y. (1943). An examination of the place of cooperation in American economic life.

The Legal Status of Agricultural Cooperation. By Edwin G. Nourse. Published by Macmillan Company, 60 Fifth Avenue, New York 11, N. Y. (1927).

Cooperatives in the United States—A Balance Sheet. By Maxwell S. Stewart. No. 32 of Public Affairs Pamphlets published by Public Affairs Committee, 30 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20, N. Y. (1944). A popular interpretation of the significance of cooperatives.

Financing Farmers’ Cooperatives. By Ellis A. Stokdyk. Circular E-20, Farm Credit Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. (1939). A simple explanation of cooperative methods of financing with special reference to the revolving capital plan.

Cooperative Democracy. By James R. Warbasse. Published by Harper and Brothers, 49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y. (1936). An examination of the principles and philosophy of consumers’ cooperation as an economic and social system.

From EM 23: Why Co-ops? What Are They? How Do They Work? (1944)