Customer Review: This is a must read book for anyone interested in being involved with co-housing. The book explains the history of this housing approach, shares experiences of both success and failure in establishing a co-housing community, and provides helpful guidance based on actual experience. Of note is the... more info
Customer Review: The Mondragon experiment in cooperative enterprise is relatively little known outside Spain it seems. The fact that such an enterprise was able to emerge within Franco's Spain and flourish as a worker-owned cooperative, despite the many challenges it has faced, is an enormous achievement that begs a... more info
Customer Review: Great book! Perry provides a unique insight into a job we all often ignore. Perfect book for those students interested in the Sociology of work. The book also includes a historical view of the development of the San Francisco area in the 60's and 70's.
Customer Review: Although not exactly beach reading the author did a good job of explaining the ideas to someone without an economics or agriculture background. Covers a wide variety of topics from the background and ideals of cooperatives to a variety of industries (including credit unions), to economics, to... more info