Simon Phillips
Biographic Data
| ID | 3719295 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Phillips |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Phillips |
| SIGNATURE | PHILLIPS S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kent |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6884-2744 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Military landscapes of the Khangai: Drone mapping of three fortification complexes at Khan Khögshin, Mongolia
Mapping the Great Mongolian Road: The gaihōzu maps as records of Inner Asian trade networks
Will Indigenous Plant Knowledge Survive? Documenting Ethnobotany Among Mongolia's Nomadic Communities in the Gobi Desert
This study investigates the current state of plant knowledge and use among nomadic communities in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, where rapid socioeconomic and environmental changes threaten traditional practices. Through a comprehensive survey of 50 participants aged 12–65 across four aimags, we documented the recognition, utilization, and cultural significance of 17 key plant species. High recognition rates were found for Haloxylon ammodendron , Agriop…
Helping Yourself: Self-Service Grocery Retailing and Shoplifting in Britain, c . 1950–75
The period between 1950 and 1975 marked a dramatic shift in food retailing in Britain with the introduction of self-service stores and supermarkets. It also witnessed a significant rise in shoplifting, which many contemporary observers blamed on the introduction of self-service retailing. Using material from the retail trade press, newspaper reports, contemporary academic and marketing studies, and the publications of consumer associations, this …
Chemists to the Nation’: House magazines, locality and health at Boots The Chemists 1919–1939
This article focuses on the role of company magazines at Boots The Chemists between 1919–1939. Informed by Marchand's model of the creation of a 'corporate soul' andWeick's typology of organizational 'sensemaking', the article examines how The Bee, the house journal disseminated to retail employees, alluded to the contribution made by Boots as 'Chemists to the Nation' to the health and welfare of its customers and to the towns in which branches w…
Retail Innovation and Shopping Practices: Consumers' Reactions to Self-Service Retailing
In this paper we address the related issues of retail innovation, changing shopping practices, and shopping geographies. We do so in relation to the spread of self-service grocery stores, and particularly the supermarket, in the postwar retail environment of Britain (1950-70), arguing that this juncture provides a propitious opportunity to study the relationship between changing practices of retailing and consumption. We highlight shoppers' selec…
If We Depart from These Conditions: Trade Union Reactions to European Immigrant Workers in the Textile Industry C. 1946–1952
Trade union attitudes towards European immigrants have rarely been studied in a post-war context. As a response to this, this article focuses on trade union reactions to European workers in the Lancashire cotton industry between 1946 and 1951. Highlighting the merits of local case studies of labour relations, the focus is predominantly on the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners and Twiners. Evidence is presented of a defensive at…
They More or Less Blended in with Society’: Changing Attitudes to European Migrant Workers in Post-war Lancashire
European volunteer workers have received comparatively little attention in the history of British post-war immigration, with greater coverage given to, for example, demobilised members of the Polish Resettlement Corps. This paper is based upon oral history interviews with a group of European immigrants, predominantly European volunteer workers, and local Lancastrians who started work in the Lancashire cotton industry between 1946 and 1951, and ex…
Fair play for the small man’: Perspectives on the contribution of the independent shopkeeper 1930–c.1945
Detailed accounts of the social role of the independent shopkeeper rarely go beyond 1914. This article identifies a perception that his value in providing both a personal and community service endured beyond this date. Consultation of a variety of documentary sources from the 1930s and 1940s demonstrates that the independent shopkeeper remained an integral part of retailing and society in Britain in this period. More widely, the article contextua…
An Efficient Pursuit? Independent Shopkeeping in 1930s Britain
During the 1930s, the small-scale retailer was regarded by many commentators as being responsible for the apparent inefficiencies of the retail trade in Britain. Using a range of documentary evidence from the period, this article draws attention to debate on the merits of large- and small-scale retailers, highlighting a concern for the latter’s contribution to wider community well-being and to developments in retail trade practices. The relative …
Retail Innovation and Shopping Practices: Consumers' Reactions to Self-Service Retailing
In this paper we address the related issues of retail innovation, changing shopping practices, and shopping geographies. We do so in relation to the spread of self-service grocery stores, and particularly the supermarket, in the postwar retail environment of Britain (1950-70), arguing that this juncture provides a propitious opportunity to study the relationship between changing practices of retailing and consumption. We highlight shoppers' selec…
Fair play for the small man’: Perspectives on the contribution of the independent shopkeeper 1930–c.1945
Detailed accounts of the social role of the independent shopkeeper rarely go beyond 1914. This article identifies a perception that his value in providing both a personal and community service endured beyond this date. Consultation of a variety of documentary sources from the 1930s and 1940s demonstrates that the independent shopkeeper remained an integral part of retailing and society in Britain in this period. More widely, the article contextua…
Chemists to the Nation’: House magazines, locality and health at Boots The Chemists 1919–1939
This article focuses on the role of company magazines at Boots The Chemists between 1919–1939. Informed by Marchand's model of the creation of a 'corporate soul' andWeick's typology of organizational 'sensemaking', the article examines how The Bee, the house journal disseminated to retail employees, alluded to the contribution made by Boots as 'Chemists to the Nation' to the health and welfare of its customers and to the towns in which branches w…
An Efficient Pursuit? Independent Shopkeeping in 1930s Britain
During the 1930s, the small-scale retailer was regarded by many commentators as being responsible for the apparent inefficiencies of the retail trade in Britain. Using a range of documentary evidence from the period, this article draws attention to debate on the merits of large- and small-scale retailers, highlighting a concern for the latter’s contribution to wider community well-being and to developments in retail trade practices. The relative …
An Efficient Pursuit? Independent Shopkeeping in 1930s Britain
During the 1930s, the small-scale retailer was regarded by many commentators as being responsible for the apparent inefficiencies of the retail trade in Britain. Using a range of documentary evidence from the period, this article draws attention to debate on the merits of large- and small-scale retailers, highlighting a concern for the latter’s contribution to wider community well-being and to developments in retail trade practices. The relative …
Fair play for the small man’: Perspectives on the contribution of the independent shopkeeper 1930–c.1945
Detailed accounts of the social role of the independent shopkeeper rarely go beyond 1914. This article identifies a perception that his value in providing both a personal and community service endured beyond this date. Consultation of a variety of documentary sources from the 1930s and 1940s demonstrates that the independent shopkeeper remained an integral part of retailing and society in Britain in this period. More widely, the article contextua…
If We Depart from These Conditions: Trade Union Reactions to European Immigrant Workers in the Textile Industry C. 1946–1952
Trade union attitudes towards European immigrants have rarely been studied in a post-war context. As a response to this, this article focuses on trade union reactions to European workers in the Lancashire cotton industry between 1946 and 1951. Highlighting the merits of local case studies of labour relations, the focus is predominantly on the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners and Twiners. Evidence is presented of a defensive at…
They More or Less Blended in with Society’: Changing Attitudes to European Migrant Workers in Post-war Lancashire
European volunteer workers have received comparatively little attention in the history of British post-war immigration, with greater coverage given to, for example, demobilised members of the Polish Resettlement Corps. This paper is based upon oral history interviews with a group of European immigrants, predominantly European volunteer workers, and local Lancastrians who started work in the Lancashire cotton industry between 1946 and 1951, and ex…
Chemists to the Nation’: House magazines, locality and health at Boots The Chemists 1919–1939
This article focuses on the role of company magazines at Boots The Chemists between 1919–1939. Informed by Marchand's model of the creation of a 'corporate soul' andWeick's typology of organizational 'sensemaking', the article examines how The Bee, the house journal disseminated to retail employees, alluded to the contribution made by Boots as 'Chemists to the Nation' to the health and welfare of its customers and to the towns in which branches w…
Retail Innovation and Shopping Practices: Consumers' Reactions to Self-Service Retailing
In this paper we address the related issues of retail innovation, changing shopping practices, and shopping geographies. We do so in relation to the spread of self-service grocery stores, and particularly the supermarket, in the postwar retail environment of Britain (1950-70), arguing that this juncture provides a propitious opportunity to study the relationship between changing practices of retailing and consumption. We highlight shoppers' selec…
Helping Yourself: Self-Service Grocery Retailing and Shoplifting in Britain, c . 1950–75
The period between 1950 and 1975 marked a dramatic shift in food retailing in Britain with the introduction of self-service stores and supermarkets. It also witnessed a significant rise in shoplifting, which many contemporary observers blamed on the introduction of self-service retailing. Using material from the retail trade press, newspaper reports, contemporary academic and marketing studies, and the publications of consumer associations, this …
Will Indigenous Plant Knowledge Survive? Documenting Ethnobotany Among Mongolia's Nomadic Communities in the Gobi Desert
This study investigates the current state of plant knowledge and use among nomadic communities in Mongolia's Gobi Desert, where rapid socioeconomic and environmental changes threaten traditional practices. Through a comprehensive survey of 50 participants aged 12–65 across four aimags, we documented the recognition, utilization, and cultural significance of 17 key plant species. High recognition rates were found for Haloxylon ammodendron , Agriop…
Military landscapes of the Khangai: Drone mapping of three fortification complexes at Khan Khögshin, Mongolia
Mapping the Great Mongolian Road: The gaihōzu maps as records of Inner Asian trade networks
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