Von der Nachkriegsbegeisterung zu dem Vorkriegsselbstbewusstsein: Konsumgenossenschaften in den Böhmischen Ländern 1918–1938
From Post-war Enthusiasm to Pre-war Self-Confidence: Czech Consumer Co-operatives between 1918–1938

Summary/Abstract: The study focuses on changes in Czech consumer cooperatives in the years of the socalled “first” Czechoslovak Republic, i. e. between 1918–1938. These changes are examined under three different viewing angles: 1. development of economic parameters; 2. organizational structure; 3. transformations of primary and secondary roles of consumer cooperatives. On the basis of this, the study concludes that the Czech consumer cooperatives can be evaluated as highly developed. They constituted a well-organized market component, with a significant market position, despite its political fragmentation. Their development was surprisingly stable and continuous, especially in contrast to the development of the economic cycle.

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