CONTENTS
PART I
INTRODUCTORY
i. SOCIAL ASPECTS OF THE EIGHTEENTH And NINETEENTH CENTURIES, 1
ii. PAISLEY MANUFACTURES, 10
iii. EXPERIMENTS IN CO-OPERATION, 15
PART II.
HISTORY OF PAISLEY PROVIDENT
CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY LIMITED.
i. 1850-1860 : A GOOD START, 25
ii. 1860-1862 : EARLY SUCCESSES, 36
iii. 1862-1870 : SERIOUS REVERSES, 48
iv. 1870-1880 : SOME EXPERIMENTS IN PRODUCTION IN SCOTLAND, 70
v. : A START IN PRODUCTION, 86
| vi. 1890-1900 : THE GLASGOW CONGRESS, 104
vii. A PERIOD OF PROSPERITY, 119
viii.EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND WOMEN'S GUILD, 147
APPENDICES.
LIST OF FIRST MEMBERS OF SOCIETY, 159
FIRST RULES OF THE SOCIETY, 165
SOME PIONEERS OF THE SOCIETY, 181
LIST OF OFFICIALS, 189
LIST OF BRANCHES AND WHEN OPENED, 193
BAKERY STATEMENT, 197
FIGURES SHOWING THE PROGRESS OF THE SOCIETY SINCE
ITS FORMATION, 198
BALANCE-SHEET OF FUNDS AND EFFECTS, 200
PROGRAMME OF JUBILEE CELEBRATIONS, 201
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