John Benson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3653248 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Benson |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Benson |
| SIGNATURE | BENSON J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Wolverhampton |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1340-2634 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 68 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 81 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 66 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1941 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
In Memoriam – Gerry Griffin (1952–2023)
In Memoriam – Gerry Griffin (1952–2023)
A. Abra, Dancing in the English Style
Work as a government 'scientist
An increasingly complex and competitive funding environment has led many public research organisations to intervene in the organisation of scientists' work. Government scientists represent a major component of the public research workforce but little is known of how workers in this sector have fared amid institutional and organisational change. Government scientists have applied research objectives but must still meet the profession's requirement…
The Making of Consumer Culture in Modern Britain
G. M. Trevelyan’s dictum that social history is history with the politics left out is widely known – and widely derided. It is certainly not a definition that Peter Gurney is ever likely to find co
A thirst for empire
In the few months since it was published, A Thirst for Empire has been reviewed widely and with considerable enthusiasm. It has been praised – surprisingly perhaps – both for its meticulous attenti
The Working Class in England 1875–1914
First published in 1985. Too often aspects of working-class life have been treated as distinct and separate. The contributors to this volume are aware of the dangers of such atomisation and have attempted to bring together a collection of studies which add to our knowledge of life in that time. The examinations of family, health, work, leisure and criminal trends form the basis of this work, and suggest that the everyday lives and values of the w…
When CSR Is a Social Norm
Socially responsible human resource management (SRHRM), defined as corporate social responsibility (CSR) directed at employees, underpins the successful implementation of CSR. While its relationship with employee social behavior has been conceptualized and received some empirical support, its effect on employee work behaviors has not been explored. In this article we develop and test a meso-mediated moderation model that explains the underlying m…
Japan 1868-1945
The history of Imperial Japan, from the Meiji Restoration through to defeat and occupation at the end of the Second World War, is central to any understanding of the way in which modern Japan has developed and will continue to develop in the future. This wide-ranging accessible and up-to-date interpretation of Japanese history between 1868 and 1945 provides both a narrative and analysis. Describing the major changes that took place in Japanese po…
Conflict Resolution in Japan
Athletics, Class and Nation
It is the aim of this article to explore the relationship between sport, class and nation in the early twentieth-century English-speaking world. It will do so by examining the visit that a combined Oxford and Cambridge University team of athletes made to Canada and the United States of America in 1901. The tour is of particular interest because while the visitors won easily against McGill, Montreal and Toronto Universities in Montreal, they lost …
Making information 'relevant
Audio Reviews
Developing and evaluating a culturally appropriate genetic service for consanguineous South Asian families
Domination, Subordination and Struggle
The aim of the article is to modify our understanding of the history of middle-class marriage. It draws upon the detailed examination of one Wolverhampton couple's marriage to explore relationships between husbands and wives-and between ex-husbands and ex-wives-in early twentieth-century provincial England. It argues that patriarchal and companionate marriages co-existed alongside one another; that even in patriarchal marriages wives were prepare…
Calculation, Celebrity and Scandal
This article seeks to contribute to the study of the early twentieth-century English provincial press by examining the ways in which the newspapers in one English town, Wolverhampton, covered the arrest, prosecution and acquittal of a well-known local businessman for the murder of his mistress. It shows that the papers in the town adopted a number of the strategies which are associated most often with the sensationalism of the national, popular p…
Credit and community
Credit and community: working-class debt in the UK since 1880, by Sean O'Connell, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2009, xii + 305 pp., £55.00 (hardback), ISBN 978-0-19-926331-8 This book could sca
The Development and Structure of Japanese Enterprise Unions
The major reason for writing a paper on Japanese unionism is that much of the debate assessing Japanese enterprise unions was set in the pre-1990s period when the economy was strong and there was a shortage of skilled labour. Thus, whilst some commentators argued that Japanese enterprise unions were little more than an arm of management, it was difficult to refute the argument that this form of unionism had resulted in real wage and benefit incre…
One Man and his Women
The aim of this article is to modify the view of female servants in Edwardian England as the epitome of working-class subservience and powerlessness, drawing on recent analysis of their ability to challenge their employers only by expedients such as sulking, mishearing orders and wasting time. Through detailed engagement with the relationships that one Wolverhampton businessman, Edward Lawrence, had with the servants in his life, it argues that f…
Knowledge workers
There is a well established literature on the antecedents of organizational commitment, though the relative importance of these antecedents to particular groups of workers remains unclear. Relying on a general set of antecedents for all workers may result in the application of inappropriate HRM policies and practices. Our focus is on knowledge workers as they have been identified as important to organizational success.The literature is, however, …
Employment and Human Resource Management Developments in Japan
The last fifteen years has been a period of significant change in Japan brought on by a prolonged period of economic stagnation, increased levels of global competition, the hollowing out of manufacturing, and a variety of social and demographic changes. This paper focuses on the changes taking place in employment and human resource management in Japan. It is concluded that changes in managerial altitudes and strategic alternatives are driving emp…
The Fate of Their Country
Cause for concern \tThe approaching crisis \tWhat caused the Civil War? That question seems simple to answer. However, it is one of the most complex to explain. Many historians have weighed in; James McPherson even won the Pulitzer Prize in the process. As clearly illustrated by t....
A Nation of Shopkeepers
A Nation of Shopkeepers reflects some of the most exciting research on retail history and cultures of consumption. The contributors challenge existing ideas about retail development showing how, for example, large-scale retailers played a far lesser role in the development of the modern city than is generally thought, and how the success of department stores was determined less by 'entrepreneurial' spirit and more by the unforeseen consequences o…
Introduction Historians and the Nation Of Shopkeepers
The Working Class in Britain
Who made up the working class in Britain, who were the ordinary men and women and what were their aspirations? The first generation of postwar British labour historians tended to be preoccupied with working class activism. This texts attempts to chart not only this struggle, but to describe and analyse the rich and varied tapestry of working-class history as a whole. It demonstrates that “class” both existed and mattered although ordinary men and…
Coalminers, Coalowners and Collaboration
British coalmining history has long been influenced by the classic, conflictual view of industrial relations, according to which the history of the industry is best understood in terms of a courageous trade union leadership inspiring a united workforce in an unending struggle against self-interested and intransigent employers. Accordingly, it is the purpose of the paper to argue that the miners’ permanent relief fund movement repays more serious …
Knowledge workers
There is a well established literature on the antecedents of organizational commitment, though the relative importance of these antecedents to particular groups of workers remains unclear. Relying on a general set of antecedents for all workers may result in the application of inappropriate HRM policies and practices. Our focus is on knowledge workers as they have been identified as important to organizational success.The literature is, however, …
The History of the British Coal Industry. Volume 2
British Coalminers in the Nineteenth Century
This book surveys the social history of British coalminers and their families in the 19th century. Benson examines the homes in which the miners lived; the conditions in which they worked; and the way in which they were paid, spent their money, and looked after their families
The Evolving Culture of Retailer Regulation and the Failure of the 'Balfour Bill' in Interwar Britain
The authors explore the interactions between retailer conflict, types of competition, and retail regulation. Their study is set within the wider debates surrounding the attempts to retheorise retail geography, and, more specifically, in the context of retail competition within interwar Britain. The specific focus is on the attempts to control large-scale corporate retailing, and the failure of such strategies. The authors also draw on comparisons…
Structural and Spatial Trends in British Retailing
This volume considers the emergence and development of modern retailing from an historical and management perspective in the period 1750-1950
Making information 'relevant
The Thrift of English Coal-Miners, 1860-95
Public History Review Essay
Working-Class Capitalism in Great Britain and Canada, 1867-1914
Colliery Disaster Funds, 1860–1897
It is well known that in England the last four decades of the nineteenth century witnessed both the growing importance of the coal-mining industry and the continuation of widespread voluntary charity. But the absence of detailed local studies has made it easy to assume that, as colliery districts did not enjoy the same benevolent institutions as other areas, these were distinct, indeed almost separate, developments. Relegated to a footnote by the…
Calculation, Celebrity and Scandal
This article seeks to contribute to the study of the early twentieth-century English provincial press by examining the ways in which the newspapers in one English town, Wolverhampton, covered the arrest, prosecution and acquittal of a well-known local businessman for the murder of his mistress. It shows that the papers in the town adopted a number of the strategies which are associated most often with the sensationalism of the national, popular p…
Coalminers, Coalowners and Collaboration
British coalmining history has long been influenced by the classic, conflictual view of industrial relations, according to which the history of the industry is best understood in terms of a courageous trade union leadership inspiring a united workforce in an unending struggle against self-interested and intransigent employers. Accordingly, it is the purpose of the paper to argue that the miners’ permanent relief fund movement repays more serious …
Coalowners, Coalminers and Compulsion
It is suggested that, insofar as coalowner stereotyping rests upon the denigration of pit clubs, it stands in need of substantial modification. It is true that many coalowners organised pit clubs for their own purposes, and that the assistance they provided was seriously and sometimes scandalously deficient. However, it is shown that many owners offered their pit clubs significant financial support, and that the clubs provided their members with …
Duty and the Beast
Non-human animals are as a matter of routine used as means to human ends. They are killed for food, employed for labour or sport, and experimented on in the pursuit of human health, knowledge, comfort and beauty. Lip-service is paid to the obligation to cause no unnecessary suffering, but human necessity is interpreted so generously that this is a negligible constraint. The dominant traditions of Western thought, religious and secular, have provi…
Work as a government 'scientist
An increasingly complex and competitive funding environment has led many public research organisations to intervene in the organisation of scientists' work. Government scientists represent a major component of the public research workforce but little is known of how workers in this sector have fared amid institutional and organisational change. Government scientists have applied research objectives but must still meet the profession's requirement…
One Man and his Women
The aim of this article is to modify the view of female servants in Edwardian England as the epitome of working-class subservience and powerlessness, drawing on recent analysis of their ability to challenge their employers only by expedients such as sulking, mishearing orders and wasting time. Through detailed engagement with the relationships that one Wolverhampton businessman, Edward Lawrence, had with the servants in his life, it argues that f…
Strategic labour relations
English Coal-Miners' Trade-Union Accident Funds, 1850-1900
Does Moral Philosophy Pay
Thirteen years ago Professor G. E. M. Anscombe gave reasons for thinking that it is not at present profitable for us to do moral philosophy. The steady flow of books since then shows how little notice was taken. The three I shall be considering in this article present an opportunity to consider the case she made and its continuing relevance.Miss Anscombe's essay, 'Modern Moral Philosophy', is included in The Definition of Morality, together with …
Emotion and Expression
Oughts and Wants
Journal Article Oughts and Wants Get access Neil Cooper, Neil Cooper Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar John Benson John Benson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume, Volume 42, Issue 1, 14 July 1968, Pages 143–172, https://doi.org/10.1093/aristoteliansupp/42.1.143 Published: 30 July 2015
The Three Maidens Group
The Possibility of Altruism
Journal Article Book Reviews Get access The Possibility of Altruism. By Thomas Nagel. (Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1970. Pp. ix + 148. Price £1.50) John Benson John Benson Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Philosophical Quarterly, Volume 22, Issue 86, January 1972, Pages 82–83, https://doi.org/10.2307/2218611 Published: 01 January 1972
Colliery Disaster Funds, 1860–1897
It is well known that in England the last four decades of the nineteenth century witnessed both the growing importance of the coal-mining industry and the continuation of widespread voluntary charity. But the absence of detailed local studies has made it easy to assume that, as colliery districts did not enjoy the same benevolent institutions as other areas, these were distinct, indeed almost separate, developments. Relegated to a footnote by the…
English Coal-Miners' Trade-Union Accident Funds, 1850-1900
English Coal-Miners' Trade-Union Accident Funds, 1850-19001
Disyuncion en los Cuentos de Garcia Marquez
Duty and the Beast
Non-human animals are as a matter of routine used as means to human ends. They are killed for food, employed for labour or sport, and experimented on in the pursuit of human health, knowledge, comfort and beauty. Lip-service is paid to the obligation to cause no unnecessary suffering, but human necessity is interpreted so generously that this is a negligible constraint. The dominant traditions of Western thought, religious and secular, have provi…
The Thrift of English Coal-Miners, 1860-95
García Márquez en Alternativa (1974-1979)
The Charity Commission and the Age of Reform
Pauper Palaces
García Márquez en Alternativa (1978-1980)
British Coalminers in the Nineteenth Century
This book surveys the social history of British coalminers and their families in the 19th century. Benson examines the homes in which the miners lived; the conditions in which they worked; and the way in which they were paid, spent their money, and looked after their families
By the Sweat of Their Brow
British Coalminers in the Nineteenth Century
Working-Class Capitalism in Great Britain and Canada, 1867-1914
Riotous Victorians
The Dukeries Transformed
Essay in Bibliography
The Penny Capitalists
The Working Class in England, 1875-1914
The History of the British Coal Industry. Volume 2
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