Mary Hilson
Biographic Data
| ID | 1017293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mary Hilson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mary |
| FAMILY NAME | Hilson |
| SIGNATURE | HILSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0958-1003 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 36 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 16 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Scandinavianism
Pan-Scandinavianism is one of the ‘what ifs’ of nineteenth-century history, at least in the part of the world that this journal concerns itself with. The nation-state of Scandinavia, if it existed ...
Modelizing the Nordics
This article examines the intertwined circulation of multiple kinds of Nordic models. We seek to understand how modelization of the region occurred at multiple levels and in disparate fields, in other words how different aspects of Nordic policies and politics came to be understood as worthy of interest and at times of emulation. In doing so, we aim to contribute to the critical scholarship on the Nordic model concept, exploring how it has been c…
Contesting Nordicness
The terms ‘Nordic’ and ‘Scandinavian’ are widely used to refer to the politics, society and culture of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. But why have people felt the need to frame things as Nordic and why has the adjective Nordic become so prominent? This book adopts a rhetorical approach, analysing the speech acts which have shaped the meanings of the term. What do the different terms Nordic and Scandinavian have in common, and how h…
The Nordic Welfare Model
Introduction to Nordic Cultures is an innovative, interdisciplinary introduction to Nordic history, cultures and societies from medieval times to today. The textbook spans the whole Nordic region, covering historical periods from the Viking Age to modern society, and engages with a range of subjects: from runic inscriptions on iron rings and stone monuments, via eighteenth-century [...]
Popular movements and the fragility of the Nordic democracies during the first half of the twentieth century
The Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are among the few European countries where parliamentary democracy survived the challenges of the interwar period. The apparent resilience of Nordic democracy has sometimes been partly attributed to the strength of the popular movements, the internal democratic structures, and culture of these organizations and not least their role in educating their members in democratic practices. Drawing…
A Global History of Consumer Co-operation since 1850
Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star
A model co-operative country’
Agricultural co-operative societies were widely discussed across late nineteenth-century Europe as a potential solution to the problems of agricultural depression, land reform and rural poverty. In Finland, the agronomist Hannes Gebhard drew inspiration from examples across Europe in founding the Pellervo Society, to promote rural cooperation, in 1899. He noted that Ireland’s ‘tragic history’, its struggle for national self-determination and the …
Jussi Kurunmäki and Johan Strang, editors. Rhetorics of Nordic Democracy
During the twentieth century, the Nordic countries were seemingly synonymous with the idea of stable, consensual, and well-functioning democracy. It was not always so. Although parliamentary democracy had been established in all the Nordic states by the early 1920s—Finland was the first European country to introduce universal suffrage for men and women, in 1907—it remained unstable, fragile, and vulnerable to the threat of political authoritarian…
Consumer Co-operation and Economic Crisis
In the wake of the Great Depression, Sweden and the other Nordic countries were widely perceived as a model region, a successful example of the ‘middle way’ between socialism and capitalism. Central to this idea were the Nordic co-operative movements, which became the focus of President Roosevelt's Inquiry on Co-operative Enterprise in Europe, conducted in 1936–7. Drawing mainly on the records of the Inquiry, the article explores the construction…
A Consumers’ International? The International Cooperative Alliance and Cooperative Internationalism, 1918–1939
Interest in the history of consumer cooperation has grown in recent years, but the transnational dimensions of the movement, including the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), remain under-researched. This paper examines the debates about the meanings of cooperation during the period 1918–1939, focusing on the Nordic countries as a case study within the ICA. The paper considers how cooperators drew on the legacy of the Rochdale Pioneers as t…
Images of Sweden and the Nordic Countries
Earlier versions of most of these papers were presented at the European Social Science History Conference, Lisbon, 1 March 2008. We would like to thank all who attended the session, and the anonymous referees for their useful comments
Consumers and Politics
The Plymouth Co-operative Society was one of the most important retail co-operative societies in Edwardian England and played a critical role in the debate over political representation, which resulted in the decision to found a Co-operative Party in 1917. This article examines these debates within Plymouth Co-operative Society. In the light of recent work on the post-Rochdale co-operative movement, it is argued that rather than being seen as a p…
Swedish Approaches to the Rise of Labour
(2001). Swedish Approaches to the Rise of Labour: A British Perspective. Scandinavian Journal of History: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 103-121
Labour Politics in a Naval Dockyard
Naval dockyards have been largely neglected by labour historians, a surprising omission given their importance as industrial workplaces with a distinct culture of labour and labour relations. This article considers labour politics in Karlskrona dockyard, Sweden, in the light of a growing body of research on work and labour relations in the British and other European dockyards. Evidence from Karlskrona suggests that, rather than being repressed by…
Women voters and the rhetoric of patriotism in the British general election of 1918 ⊃1⊃
The analysis of the public political rhetoric of the British general election of 1918 can offer important indications of the construction of gender roles in the immediate post-war context.The partial enfranchisement of women presented a challenge for all political parties, which needed to secure the votes of nearly 8.5 million women voters.The article explores the electoral rhetoric of 1918 in two constituencies in Plymouth, and argues that a gen…
Public Gifts and Political Identities
Richard Acland's political career with the Common Wealth Party has formed an important reference point in debates on the character of popular politics during the 1940s, as well as a larger narrative of the influence of radicalism in British public life. Whilst Acland's subsequent career as a moral educationalist and peace campaigner has been largely ignored, his postwar fame depended heavily on his celebrated transfer of substantial landed estate…
Is there a nordic feminism? nordic feminist thought on culture and society
Images of Sweden and the Nordic Countries
Earlier versions of most of these papers were presented at the European Social Science History Conference, Lisbon, 1 March 2008. We would like to thank all who attended the session, and the anonymous referees for their useful comments
A Consumers’ International? The International Cooperative Alliance and Cooperative Internationalism, 1918–1939
Interest in the history of consumer cooperation has grown in recent years, but the transnational dimensions of the movement, including the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), remain under-researched. This paper examines the debates about the meanings of cooperation during the period 1918–1939, focusing on the Nordic countries as a case study within the ICA. The paper considers how cooperators drew on the legacy of the Rochdale Pioneers as t…
Consumer Co-operation and Economic Crisis
In the wake of the Great Depression, Sweden and the other Nordic countries were widely perceived as a model region, a successful example of the ‘middle way’ between socialism and capitalism. Central to this idea were the Nordic co-operative movements, which became the focus of President Roosevelt's Inquiry on Co-operative Enterprise in Europe, conducted in 1936–7. Drawing mainly on the records of the Inquiry, the article explores the construction…
Consumers and Politics
The Plymouth Co-operative Society was one of the most important retail co-operative societies in Edwardian England and played a critical role in the debate over political representation, which resulted in the decision to found a Co-operative Party in 1917. This article examines these debates within Plymouth Co-operative Society. In the light of recent work on the post-Rochdale co-operative movement, it is argued that rather than being seen as a p…
Popular movements and the fragility of the Nordic democracies during the first half of the twentieth century
The Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are among the few European countries where parliamentary democracy survived the challenges of the interwar period. The apparent resilience of Nordic democracy has sometimes been partly attributed to the strength of the popular movements, the internal democratic structures, and culture of these organizations and not least their role in educating their members in democratic practices. Drawing…
Modelizing the Nordics
This article examines the intertwined circulation of multiple kinds of Nordic models. We seek to understand how modelization of the region occurred at multiple levels and in disparate fields, in other words how different aspects of Nordic policies and politics came to be understood as worthy of interest and at times of emulation. In doing so, we aim to contribute to the critical scholarship on the Nordic model concept, exploring how it has been c…
Swedish Approaches to the Rise of Labour
(2001). Swedish Approaches to the Rise of Labour: A British Perspective. Scandinavian Journal of History: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 103-121
Labour Politics in a Naval Dockyard
Naval dockyards have been largely neglected by labour historians, a surprising omission given their importance as industrial workplaces with a distinct culture of labour and labour relations. This article considers labour politics in Karlskrona dockyard, Sweden, in the light of a growing body of research on work and labour relations in the British and other European dockyards. Evidence from Karlskrona suggests that, rather than being repressed by…
Public Gifts and Political Identities
Richard Acland's political career with the Common Wealth Party has formed an important reference point in debates on the character of popular politics during the 1940s, as well as a larger narrative of the influence of radicalism in British public life. Whilst Acland's subsequent career as a moral educationalist and peace campaigner has been largely ignored, his postwar fame depended heavily on his celebrated transfer of substantial landed estate…
Is there a nordic feminism? nordic feminist thought on culture and society
Swedish Approaches to the Rise of Labour
(2001). Swedish Approaches to the Rise of Labour: A British Perspective. Scandinavian Journal of History: Vol. 26, No. 2, pp. 103-121
Labour Politics in a Naval Dockyard
Naval dockyards have been largely neglected by labour historians, a surprising omission given their importance as industrial workplaces with a distinct culture of labour and labour relations. This article considers labour politics in Karlskrona dockyard, Sweden, in the light of a growing body of research on work and labour relations in the British and other European dockyards. Evidence from Karlskrona suggests that, rather than being repressed by…
Women voters and the rhetoric of patriotism in the British general election of 1918 ⊃1⊃
The analysis of the public political rhetoric of the British general election of 1918 can offer important indications of the construction of gender roles in the immediate post-war context.The partial enfranchisement of women presented a challenge for all political parties, which needed to secure the votes of nearly 8.5 million women voters.The article explores the electoral rhetoric of 1918 in two constituencies in Plymouth, and argues that a gen…
Consumers and Politics
The Plymouth Co-operative Society was one of the most important retail co-operative societies in Edwardian England and played a critical role in the debate over political representation, which resulted in the decision to found a Co-operative Party in 1917. This article examines these debates within Plymouth Co-operative Society. In the light of recent work on the post-Rochdale co-operative movement, it is argued that rather than being seen as a p…
Images of Sweden and the Nordic Countries
Earlier versions of most of these papers were presented at the European Social Science History Conference, Lisbon, 1 March 2008. We would like to thank all who attended the session, and the anonymous referees for their useful comments
A Consumers’ International? The International Cooperative Alliance and Cooperative Internationalism, 1918–1939
Interest in the history of consumer cooperation has grown in recent years, but the transnational dimensions of the movement, including the International Cooperative Alliance (ICA), remain under-researched. This paper examines the debates about the meanings of cooperation during the period 1918–1939, focusing on the Nordic countries as a case study within the ICA. The paper considers how cooperators drew on the legacy of the Rochdale Pioneers as t…
Consumer Co-operation and Economic Crisis
In the wake of the Great Depression, Sweden and the other Nordic countries were widely perceived as a model region, a successful example of the ‘middle way’ between socialism and capitalism. Central to this idea were the Nordic co-operative movements, which became the focus of President Roosevelt's Inquiry on Co-operative Enterprise in Europe, conducted in 1936–7. Drawing mainly on the records of the Inquiry, the article explores the construction…
Jussi Kurunmäki and Johan Strang, editors. Rhetorics of Nordic Democracy
During the twentieth century, the Nordic countries were seemingly synonymous with the idea of stable, consensual, and well-functioning democracy. It was not always so. Although parliamentary democracy had been established in all the Nordic states by the early 1920s—Finland was the first European country to introduce universal suffrage for men and women, in 1907—it remained unstable, fragile, and vulnerable to the threat of political authoritarian…
A Global History of Consumer Co-operation since 1850
Labour, Unions and Politics under the North Star
A model co-operative country’
Agricultural co-operative societies were widely discussed across late nineteenth-century Europe as a potential solution to the problems of agricultural depression, land reform and rural poverty. In Finland, the agronomist Hannes Gebhard drew inspiration from examples across Europe in founding the Pellervo Society, to promote rural cooperation, in 1899. He noted that Ireland’s ‘tragic history’, its struggle for national self-determination and the …
Popular movements and the fragility of the Nordic democracies during the first half of the twentieth century
The Nordic countries Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are among the few European countries where parliamentary democracy survived the challenges of the interwar period. The apparent resilience of Nordic democracy has sometimes been partly attributed to the strength of the popular movements, the internal democratic structures, and culture of these organizations and not least their role in educating their members in democratic practices. Drawing…
The Nordic Welfare Model
Introduction to Nordic Cultures is an innovative, interdisciplinary introduction to Nordic history, cultures and societies from medieval times to today. The textbook spans the whole Nordic region, covering historical periods from the Viking Age to modern society, and engages with a range of subjects: from runic inscriptions on iron rings and stone monuments, via eighteenth-century [...]
Contesting Nordicness
The terms ‘Nordic’ and ‘Scandinavian’ are widely used to refer to the politics, society and culture of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. But why have people felt the need to frame things as Nordic and why has the adjective Nordic become so prominent? This book adopts a rhetorical approach, analysing the speech acts which have shaped the meanings of the term. What do the different terms Nordic and Scandinavian have in common, and how h…
Modelizing the Nordics
This article examines the intertwined circulation of multiple kinds of Nordic models. We seek to understand how modelization of the region occurred at multiple levels and in disparate fields, in other words how different aspects of Nordic policies and politics came to be understood as worthy of interest and at times of emulation. In doing so, we aim to contribute to the critical scholarship on the Nordic model concept, exploring how it has been c…
Scandinavianism
Pan-Scandinavianism is one of the ‘what ifs’ of nineteenth-century history, at least in the part of the world that this journal concerns itself with. The nation-state of Scandinavia, if it existed ...
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