N Kirk
Biographic Data
| ID | 15001 |
|---|---|
| NAME | N Kirk |
| GIVEN NAMES | N |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirk |
| SIGNATURE | KIRK N |
| AFFILIATIONS | Manchester Metropolitan University |
| ORCID | 0009-0000-5966-2998 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 36 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 36 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The World Wide Web of Work; A History in the Making, written by Marcel van der Linden
Working-Class Raj
Wobblies of the World
It is fitting that this fascinating book appears at a time when globalization has sparked an upsurge of interest in global and transnational labor history. As the editors declare in their introduction, this collection of essays by twenty scholars from around the world “proudly proclaims itself the first-ever global history of the Industrial Workers of the World (IWW, or Wobblies)” (1). For too long the historiography of the IWW has mainly adopted…
Transforming Labour
Book Review| September 01 2015 Transforming Labour: Women and Work in Post-war Canada Transforming Labour: Women and Work in Post-war Canada. Sangster, Joan. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2010x + 414 pp., $78.00 (cloth); $35.95 (paper); $35.00 (e-book) Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2015) 12 (3): 137–138. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-2920615 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share F…
Telling Stories about Class
Secret Service
Book Review| May 01 2014 Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada from the Fenians to Fortress America Secret Service: Political Policing in Canada from the Fenians to Fortress America. Whitaker, Reg, Kealey, Gregory S., and Parnaby, Andrew. Toronto: Toronto University Press, 2012viii + 687 pp., $90.00 (cloth); $36.95 (paper) Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2014) 11 (2): 139–141. htt…
A business and labour history of Britain
New York Longshoremen
Book Review| September 01 2012 New York Longshoremen: Class and Power on the Docks New York Longshoremen: Class and Power on the Docks by William J. Mello. Gainesville: University Press of Florida, 2010xiv + 241 pp., $65.00 (cloth) Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2012) 9 (3): 116–118. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-1599603 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailT…
David Montgomery
Taking Stock
This essay has two aims. The first is to provide a critical overview of the nature and development of labor history in selected places during the past fifty years. The second is to offer a critical evaluation of the recent “transnational turn” in labor history and its likely future development. Although reference is made to the global context and to labor history beyond national borders, my main focus rests upon the development of labor history i…
From Warwick to Pittsburgh
It was at Warwick that I first met David. I was an MA student in Comparative British and American Labour and Social History during the academic year 1968–1969. David's genuinely honest, open, and down-to-earth approach to his students and teaching and learning in general appealed to many like myself who had been raised in solid, respectable, independent, and self-respecting working-class households. He treated me fairly and squarely, without any …
Transnational Labour in the Age of Globalization
Challenge, Crisis, and Renewal? Themes in the Labour History of Britain, 1960-2010
This article provides an overview of some of the main characteristics and developments in the labour history of Britain from the foundation of the Society for the Study of Labour History in 1960 to 2010. The article maintains that the labour history surveyed has been predominantly pragmatic, eclectic and empirical in character and that it has played an important part in key debates, such as those revolving around history from below, institutional…
Introduction
When a society like ours considers themes for its meetings and conferences there is inevitably a discussion about what is current in labour history. Transnationalism has emerged as something of a vogue concept in recent years and much good work has been produced under its umbrella. Yet Labour History Review has overwhelmingly concentrated on British history
Traditionalists and Progressives
The intersection of labour, race, and immigration is a neglected area of comparative history and this article suggests its potential. This article draws particularly on the papers of Arthur Calwell who, as a leading figure in the Australian Labor Party, was unyielding in his defence of ‘White Australia’. Calwell used the 1958 riots against West Indians in Nottingham and London to bolster his opposition to the admission of non-whites. His attitude…
Ireland's New Worlds
Book Review| December 01 2008 Ireland's New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 Ireland's New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 Malcolm Campbell Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 xiii + 239 pp., $65 (cloth); $29.95 (paper) Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2008) 5 (4): 116–1…
Global Labour History
Book Review| September 01 2007 Global Labour History: A State of the Art Global Labour History: A State of the Art Jan Lucassen, ed. New York: Peter Lang, 2006 790 pp., $104.95 (cloth) Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2007) 4 (3): 134–136. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-2007-020 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Neville Kirk; Global Labour History:…
Old Dominion, industrial commonwealth
Australians for Australia
Between 1917 and the early 1930s the Right achieved political hegemony in Australia. Based largely upon neglected contemporary sources, this article maintains that the politics of loyalism to nation and empire contributed significantly to the Right’s electoral domination. The first section of the article traces the successful attempt of the Nationalists and their allies to tar the Australian Labor Party (ALP) with the brushes of disloyalty and ex…
Masters, Servants and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955
The conditions of royal rule
The various ‘crises’ and scandals that have recently gripped the royal family and the royal household have reawakened serious questions about the future health of the monarchy and the renewed poten
State of the union
Why Compare Labour in Australia and Britain
This introduction to the thematic section explains the genesis and sets the methodological and historiographical contexts of the comparative Australian and British articles, which appear in this issue of Labour History. Having made a case for comparative Australian and British labour history, the introduction then identifies the scarcity of research in this area and considers the ways in which the articles presented here can contribute towards fi…
UK-Australian Labour History Conference
This international conference, the first of its kind to be organized in the UK, was held at the Manchester Metropolitan University and the International Centre for Labour Studies, the University of Manchester, on July 16–18, 2003. The conference organizers were Neville Kirk, MMU, on behalf of the Society for the Study of Labour History, Anne Morrow, on behalf of the International Centre for Labour Studies, and Greg Patmore, University of Sydney, …
Comrades and Cousins
History, language, ideas and post‐modernism
1994). History, language, ideas and post‐modernism : A materialist view. Social History: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 221-240
In Defence of Class
The view that class occupied a central place in the lives of nineteenth-century English workers has recently come under increasing criticism within the fields of labour and social history. Joyce (1980), Stedman Jones (1982 and 1983), Calhoun (1982) and Glen (1984) are prominent examples of scholars who have proclaimed, albeit to varying degrees and with different points of emphasis, that at various times during the nineteenth century workers were…
Ireland's New Worlds
Book Review| December 01 2008 Ireland's New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 Ireland's New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 Malcolm Campbell Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 xiii + 239 pp., $65 (cloth); $29.95 (paper) Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2008) 5 (4): 116–1…
Transnational Labour in the Age of Globalization
Challenge, Crisis, and Renewal? Themes in the Labour History of Britain, 1960-2010
This article provides an overview of some of the main characteristics and developments in the labour history of Britain from the foundation of the Society for the Study of Labour History in 1960 to 2010. The article maintains that the labour history surveyed has been predominantly pragmatic, eclectic and empirical in character and that it has played an important part in key debates, such as those revolving around history from below, institutional…
Traditional’ working‐class culture and ‘the rise of labour’
(1991). ‘Traditional’ working‐class culture and ‘the rise of labour’: Some preliminary questions and observations. Social History: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 203-216
The Growth of Working Class Reformism in Mid-Victorian England
Introduction
When a society like ours considers themes for its meetings and conferences there is inevitably a discussion about what is current in labour history. Transnationalism has emerged as something of a vogue concept in recent years and much good work has been produced under its umbrella. Yet Labour History Review has overwhelmingly concentrated on British history
Global Labour History
Book Review| September 01 2007 Global Labour History: A State of the Art Global Labour History: A State of the Art Jan Lucassen, ed. New York: Peter Lang, 2006 790 pp., $104.95 (cloth) Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2007) 4 (3): 134–136. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-2007-020 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Neville Kirk; Global Labour History:…
Traditionalists and Progressives
The intersection of labour, race, and immigration is a neglected area of comparative history and this article suggests its potential. This article draws particularly on the papers of Arthur Calwell who, as a leading figure in the Australian Labor Party, was unyielding in his defence of ‘White Australia’. Calwell used the 1958 riots against West Indians in Nottingham and London to bolster his opposition to the admission of non-whites. His attitude…
The conditions of royal rule
The various ‘crises’ and scandals that have recently gripped the royal family and the royal household have reawakened serious questions about the future health of the monarchy and the renewed poten
Why Compare Labour in Australia and Britain
This introduction to the thematic section explains the genesis and sets the methodological and historiographical contexts of the comparative Australian and British articles, which appear in this issue of Labour History. Having made a case for comparative Australian and British labour history, the introduction then identifies the scarcity of research in this area and considers the ways in which the articles presented here can contribute towards fi…
Peculiarities” versus “Exceptions”
The purpose of this article is to question the notion of US labour's “exceptionalism” – of its “conservatism” and “closure” and difference from “class-conscious” and “socialist” British and European labour – with specific reference to the politics of the American Federation of Labour during the 1890s and 1900s. An approach rooted in the assumption of “norms” and “exceptions” is rejected in favour of one exploring differences and similarities. In …
Labour in British Society, 1830-1914
1Manchester Metropolitan University Labour in British Society, 1830–1914 Donald M.MacRaildDavid E.Martin LondonMacmillan 2000214Paperback£14.99
Reflections on History Workshop 17
History Workshop 77 was held at Manchester Polytechnic during the second weekend of November (1983). Organised into a number of "strands" -Women's History; People's History; Trade Unionism; Health; Work; the Industrial Bourgeoisie and others -the conference covered an impressive amount of ground and a variety of topics. "The Clarion Movement," "Lancashire Weavers," "the Kinder Trespass," "Unemployed Struggles on Merseyside," "Women's and Children…
The Growth of Working Class Reformism in Mid-Victorian England
In Defence of Class
The view that class occupied a central place in the lives of nineteenth-century English workers has recently come under increasing criticism within the fields of labour and social history. Joyce (1980), Stedman Jones (1982 and 1983), Calhoun (1982) and Glen (1984) are prominent examples of scholars who have proclaimed, albeit to varying degrees and with different points of emphasis, that at various times during the nineteenth century workers were…
The Growth of Working Class Reformism in Mid-Victorian England
Traditional’ working‐class culture and ‘the rise of labour’
(1991). ‘Traditional’ working‐class culture and ‘the rise of labour’: Some preliminary questions and observations. Social History: Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 203-216
History, language, ideas and post‐modernism
1994). History, language, ideas and post‐modernism : A materialist view. Social History: Vol. 19, No. 2, pp. 221-240
Labour and Society in Britain and the USA. 2 Vols
Journal Article Labour and Society in Britain and the USA. 2 vols. By Neville Kirk. (Brookfield, Vt.: Scolar, 1994. Vol. 1: Capitalism, Custom, and Protest, 1780–1830. viii, 226 pp. $67.95, ISBN 1-85928-021-8. Vol. 2: Challenge and Accommodation, 1830–1959. x, 424 pp. $84.95, ISBN 1-85928-022-6. $119.95/set, ISBN 1-85928-130-3.) Get access Harvey J. Kaye Harvey J. Kaye University of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Wisconsin Search for other works by this a…
The Demise of Exceptionalism? Comparative Labour History in Light of Anglo-American Comparison
DESPITE THEORETICAL INADEQUACIES and an occasional tendency to disregard the wood for the trees, this two-volume comparative study of the British and American labour movements across a two-hundred year period is an historic achievement of which the author has every reason to feel proud. In recent years increasing dissatisfaction with purely domestic labour history, coupled with the growing sophistication of discrete cross cultural studies by scho…
Peculiarities” versus “Exceptions”
The purpose of this article is to question the notion of US labour's “exceptionalism” – of its “conservatism” and “closure” and difference from “class-conscious” and “socialist” British and European labour – with specific reference to the politics of the American Federation of Labour during the 1890s and 1900s. An approach rooted in the assumption of “norms” and “exceptions” is rejected in favour of one exploring differences and similarities. In …
The Chartist Legacy, Owen Ashton, Robert Fyson and Stephen Roberts
Journal Article The Chartist Legacy, Owen Ashton, Robert Fyson and Stephen Roberts Get access Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Manchester Metropolitan University Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume 116, Issue 465, February 2001, Pages 246–247, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/116.465.246 Published: 01 February 2001
Labour in British Society, 1830-1914
1Manchester Metropolitan University Labour in British Society, 1830–1914 Donald M.MacRaildDavid E.Martin LondonMacmillan 2000214Paperback£14.99
UK-Australian Labour History Conference
This international conference, the first of its kind to be organized in the UK, was held at the Manchester Metropolitan University and the International Centre for Labour Studies, the University of Manchester, on July 16–18, 2003. The conference organizers were Neville Kirk, MMU, on behalf of the Society for the Study of Labour History, Anne Morrow, on behalf of the International Centre for Labour Studies, and Greg Patmore, University of Sydney, …
Comrades and Cousins
The conditions of royal rule
The various ‘crises’ and scandals that have recently gripped the royal family and the royal household have reawakened serious questions about the future health of the monarchy and the renewed poten
State of the union
Why Compare Labour in Australia and Britain
This introduction to the thematic section explains the genesis and sets the methodological and historiographical contexts of the comparative Australian and British articles, which appear in this issue of Labour History. Having made a case for comparative Australian and British labour history, the introduction then identifies the scarcity of research in this area and considers the ways in which the articles presented here can contribute towards fi…
Old Dominion, industrial commonwealth
Australians for Australia
Between 1917 and the early 1930s the Right achieved political hegemony in Australia. Based largely upon neglected contemporary sources, this article maintains that the politics of loyalism to nation and empire contributed significantly to the Right’s electoral domination. The first section of the article traces the successful attempt of the Nationalists and their allies to tar the Australian Labor Party (ALP) with the brushes of disloyalty and ex…
Masters, Servants and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955
Global Labour History
Book Review| September 01 2007 Global Labour History: A State of the Art Global Labour History: A State of the Art Jan Lucassen, ed. New York: Peter Lang, 2006 790 pp., $104.95 (cloth) Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2007) 4 (3): 134–136. https://doi.org/10.1215/15476715-2007-020 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Twitter Permissions Search Site Citation Neville Kirk; Global Labour History:…
Traditionalists and Progressives
The intersection of labour, race, and immigration is a neglected area of comparative history and this article suggests its potential. This article draws particularly on the papers of Arthur Calwell who, as a leading figure in the Australian Labor Party, was unyielding in his defence of ‘White Australia’. Calwell used the 1958 riots against West Indians in Nottingham and London to bolster his opposition to the admission of non-whites. His attitude…
Ireland's New Worlds
Book Review| December 01 2008 Ireland's New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 Ireland's New Worlds: Immigrants, Politics, and Society in the United States and Australia, 1815–1922 Malcolm Campbell Madison: University of Wisconsin Press, 2008 xiii + 239 pp., $65 (cloth); $29.95 (paper) Neville Kirk Neville Kirk Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Labor (2008) 5 (4): 116–1…
Introduction
When a society like ours considers themes for its meetings and conferences there is inevitably a discussion about what is current in labour history. Transnationalism has emerged as something of a vogue concept in recent years and much good work has been produced under its umbrella. Yet Labour History Review has overwhelmingly concentrated on British history
Transnational Labour in the Age of Globalization
Challenge, Crisis, and Renewal? Themes in the Labour History of Britain, 1960-2010
This article provides an overview of some of the main characteristics and developments in the labour history of Britain from the foundation of the Society for the Study of Labour History in 1960 to 2010. The article maintains that the labour history surveyed has been predominantly pragmatic, eclectic and empirical in character and that it has played an important part in key debates, such as those revolving around history from below, institutional…
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