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Published online: July 2026 

The Co-operative College and a century of social change: Internationalism, co-operativism, and learning. Edited by Tom Woodin, Keith Vernon, and Linda Shaw.

Reviewed by Andrew Bibby

Writer and journalist, UK

Vol 59, No 1, pp. 57-60 

DOI: https://doi.org/10.61869/ZNBN1876

Abstract

This open access book, published in 2025, explores the Co-operative College’s distinctive adult educational tradition over the past century. It draws on original archival research at the National Co-operative Archive in Manchester as well as other material at the National Archives, Bishopsgate Institute and the British Library.

How to cite this article: Bibby, A. (2026).The Co-operative College and a century of social change: Internationalism, co-operativism, and learning. Edited by Tom Woodin, Keith Vernon, and Linda Shaw [Book review].  Journal of Co-operative Studies, 59(1), 57-60. https://doi.org/10.61869/ZNBN1876 

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