Arthur Mcivor
Biographic Data
| ID | 551346 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Arthur Mcivor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Arthur |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcivor |
| SIGNATURE | MCIVOR A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Strathclyde |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8907-3182 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 39 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
‘Wit a braw smell’
This paper contributes to the growing field of sensory history with a discussion of memories as olfactory heritage in Scotland, using work as a lens to explore remembered and experienced smells. Odours of various types and intensities were encountered in paid and unpaid work in the twentieth century, much (though not all) of which has now disappeared with the collapse of Scotland's industrial base, modern housing, improved hygiene and more effect…
Gender and Deindustrialization
This contribution takes stock of the growing research on deindustrialization from a gender perspective. Much of the work in deindustrialization studies is rooted in local studies, within single national contexts. This article provides a perspective that cuts across case studies and national historiographies. It reviews findings on the implications of deindustrialization for working-class masculinities and considers the extent to which research ha…
Guardians of Workers' Bodies? Trade Unions and the History of Occupational Health and Safety
Critically assessing the role and influence of trade unions on occupational health and safety (OHS), and tracing their contribution to OHS discourse, is here examined through the lens of history in Britain positioned relative to international experience. The idea of trade union neglect of OHS is challenged through study of the historic role of trade unions and the more recent experience (since the 1970s) of unions' growing interest in OHS whilst …
Employers and Labour in the English Textile Industries, 1850–1939
1. The Age of Napoleon 2. National Liberation 3. The Re-Shaping of Europe 4. The German Bund 5. Nationalism, Liberalism and Radicalism 6. Austria 7. Prussia 8. Constitution and Politics in the Smaller States 9. The Last Decade Before the Revolution 10. Economic Development 11. Religion and Politics 12. Politics and the Arts 13. The Emergence of the Social Question and Socialism 14. Political Literature and Journalism 15. National and Internationa…
Bottom dog men’
This article connects with and builds on recent research on workmen's compensation and disability focussing on the Scottish coalfields between the wars. It draws upon a range of primary sources including coal company accident books, court cases and trade union records to analyse efforts to define and redefine disability, examining the language deployed and the agency of workers and their advocates. It is argued here that the workmen's compensatio…
Oral History in Scotland
This article discusses oral history in Scotland
Germs at Work
In 1951, tuberculosis was added to the statutory list of prescribed occupational diseases in the UK, giving some workers the right to financial compensation. This article explores the long campaign to define TB as an illness linked to employment, investigating an area neglected in the historiography, whilst contributing to our understanding of the role of trade unions in relation to public health. The evidence examined here suggests a complex and…
Marginalising the Body at Work? Employers' Occupational Health Strategies and Occupational Medicine in Scotland c. 1930-1974
This article engages with two main themes recently utilised by historians of health and welfare: the impact of periphery on health; and the strengths and weakness of public and private approaches to health care. The specific focus of the article is the nature of occupational health and safety in the industrial conurbation of west central Scotland between 1930 and 1974. Using a range of primary source material, the article compares and contrasts t…
Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty
Medical Knowledge and the Worker
This research examines lung disease in the workplace in the UK c.1920-1975
Managing Labour
The exceptionalism of Australian industrial relations has long been asserted. In particular, the Australian system of industrial arbitration has been argued to contrast markedly with other countries, such as Britain, which developed a more 'voluntarist' model of industrial regulation. However this distinction relies upon limited historical research of workplace-level developments. In this paper, we focus on a comparative analysis of employer prac…
The War and the Body at Work
Dangerous Work, Hard Men and Broken Bodies
In this article we use oral testimony to explore the nature of masculinities in the Clydeside heavy industries in the period c. 1930 to the 1970s, examining how working in such tough and hazardous occupations as coal mining, the iron and steel works and shipbuilding nurtured and reinforced masculine identities, especially that of the Glaswegian ‘hard man’. We also investigate the impact such work had upon male workers bodies, commenting upon the …
Oral History, Subjectivity, and Environmental Reality
This essay uses oral histories of dust disease in twentieth-century Scotland to illustrate the ways in which such history can illuminate how the working environment and work cultures affect workers' bodies and how workers come to terms with the ill-health caused by their employment. It emphasizes the agency of the interpreter but argues further that oral histories of dust disease in twentieth-century Scotland are simultaneously influenced by, and…
Voices from the Pits
These are the words of a retired Ayrshire miner looking back over forty years of working in the Fife and Ayrshire coalfields of Scotland. Although now disabled, stricken with an occupation-related lung condition which prevents him from enjoying an active retirement, he still holds no grudges against the industry which brought about his ill health. Some other personal testimonies were less sanguine. This participant evidence drawn from one of the …
Pushed into Social Exclusion
This article utilises the concepts of relative poverty and social exclusion to explore industrial disability on Clydeside using oral testimony. Since the publication of Townsend's Poverty in the UK in 1979 there has been an ongoing debate surrounding the issue of poverty in Great Britain (Townsend 1979; Pichaud 1987; Alcock 1993; Hutton in Baldwin et al 1990). Townsend's rediscovery of the existence of relative poverty in the late 20th century wa…
Roots of Red Clydeside 1910-1914
Organized Capital
Militant Workers
This collection of essays focuses upon the life and times of Harry McShane, one of the last of the Red Clydesiders - a lifelong labour activist and Marxist who died in April 1988. The book incorporates a short biographical introduction, some reminiscences by associates of Harry and samples of his political writing, dealing with the acute housing crisis in late 1940s Glasgow
Employers and Labour in the English Textile Industries, 1850-1939
Employers and Labour in the English Textile Industries, 1850-1939
Essay in Anti-Labour History
Employers' Organisation and Strikebreaking in Britian, 1880–1914
The historical development of employers' associations and the role these organisations played in strikebreaking has been considerably neglected in industrial-relations history. With a few notable recent exceptions, research has tended to concentrate on the development and struggles of the organisations of men, rather than the masters. This is partly the result of the secrecy and anonymity of employers' associations and their reluctance to allow a…
Dangerous Work, Hard Men and Broken Bodies
In this article we use oral testimony to explore the nature of masculinities in the Clydeside heavy industries in the period c. 1930 to the 1970s, examining how working in such tough and hazardous occupations as coal mining, the iron and steel works and shipbuilding nurtured and reinforced masculine identities, especially that of the Glaswegian ‘hard man’. We also investigate the impact such work had upon male workers bodies, commenting upon the …
Oral History, Subjectivity, and Environmental Reality
This essay uses oral histories of dust disease in twentieth-century Scotland to illustrate the ways in which such history can illuminate how the working environment and work cultures affect workers' bodies and how workers come to terms with the ill-health caused by their employment. It emphasizes the agency of the interpreter but argues further that oral histories of dust disease in twentieth-century Scotland are simultaneously influenced by, and…
Militant Workers
This collection of essays focuses upon the life and times of Harry McShane, one of the last of the Red Clydesiders - a lifelong labour activist and Marxist who died in April 1988. The book incorporates a short biographical introduction, some reminiscences by associates of Harry and samples of his political writing, dealing with the acute housing crisis in late 1940s Glasgow
Employers' Organisation and Strikebreaking in Britian, 1880–1914
The historical development of employers' associations and the role these organisations played in strikebreaking has been considerably neglected in industrial-relations history. With a few notable recent exceptions, research has tended to concentrate on the development and struggles of the organisations of men, rather than the masters. This is partly the result of the secrecy and anonymity of employers' associations and their reluctance to allow a…
Germs at Work
In 1951, tuberculosis was added to the statutory list of prescribed occupational diseases in the UK, giving some workers the right to financial compensation. This article explores the long campaign to define TB as an illness linked to employment, investigating an area neglected in the historiography, whilst contributing to our understanding of the role of trade unions in relation to public health. The evidence examined here suggests a complex and…
Medical Knowledge and the Worker
This research examines lung disease in the workplace in the UK c.1920-1975
Gender and Deindustrialization
This contribution takes stock of the growing research on deindustrialization from a gender perspective. Much of the work in deindustrialization studies is rooted in local studies, within single national contexts. This article provides a perspective that cuts across case studies and national historiographies. It reviews findings on the implications of deindustrialization for working-class masculinities and considers the extent to which research ha…
Managing Labour
The exceptionalism of Australian industrial relations has long been asserted. In particular, the Australian system of industrial arbitration has been argued to contrast markedly with other countries, such as Britain, which developed a more 'voluntarist' model of industrial regulation. However this distinction relies upon limited historical research of workplace-level developments. In this paper, we focus on a comparative analysis of employer prac…
Employers' Organisation and Strikebreaking in Britian, 1880–1914
The historical development of employers' associations and the role these organisations played in strikebreaking has been considerably neglected in industrial-relations history. With a few notable recent exceptions, research has tended to concentrate on the development and struggles of the organisations of men, rather than the masters. This is partly the result of the secrecy and anonymity of employers' associations and their reluctance to allow a…
Essay in Anti-Labour History
Employers and Labour in the English Textile Industries, 1850-1939
Employers and Labour in the English Textile Industries, 1850-1939
Militant Workers
This collection of essays focuses upon the life and times of Harry McShane, one of the last of the Red Clydesiders - a lifelong labour activist and Marxist who died in April 1988. The book incorporates a short biographical introduction, some reminiscences by associates of Harry and samples of his political writing, dealing with the acute housing crisis in late 1940s Glasgow
Organized Capital
Roots of Red Clydeside 1910-1914
Pushed into Social Exclusion
This article utilises the concepts of relative poverty and social exclusion to explore industrial disability on Clydeside using oral testimony. Since the publication of Townsend's Poverty in the UK in 1979 there has been an ongoing debate surrounding the issue of poverty in Great Britain (Townsend 1979; Pichaud 1987; Alcock 1993; Hutton in Baldwin et al 1990). Townsend's rediscovery of the existence of relative poverty in the late 20th century wa…
Voices from the Pits
These are the words of a retired Ayrshire miner looking back over forty years of working in the Fife and Ayrshire coalfields of Scotland. Although now disabled, stricken with an occupation-related lung condition which prevents him from enjoying an active retirement, he still holds no grudges against the industry which brought about his ill health. Some other personal testimonies were less sanguine. This participant evidence drawn from one of the …
The War and the Body at Work
Dangerous Work, Hard Men and Broken Bodies
In this article we use oral testimony to explore the nature of masculinities in the Clydeside heavy industries in the period c. 1930 to the 1970s, examining how working in such tough and hazardous occupations as coal mining, the iron and steel works and shipbuilding nurtured and reinforced masculine identities, especially that of the Glaswegian ‘hard man’. We also investigate the impact such work had upon male workers bodies, commenting upon the …
Oral History, Subjectivity, and Environmental Reality
This essay uses oral histories of dust disease in twentieth-century Scotland to illustrate the ways in which such history can illuminate how the working environment and work cultures affect workers' bodies and how workers come to terms with the ill-health caused by their employment. It emphasizes the agency of the interpreter but argues further that oral histories of dust disease in twentieth-century Scotland are simultaneously influenced by, and…
Medical Knowledge and the Worker
This research examines lung disease in the workplace in the UK c.1920-1975
Managing Labour
The exceptionalism of Australian industrial relations has long been asserted. In particular, the Australian system of industrial arbitration has been argued to contrast markedly with other countries, such as Britain, which developed a more 'voluntarist' model of industrial regulation. However this distinction relies upon limited historical research of workplace-level developments. In this paper, we focus on a comparative analysis of employer prac…
Sick Building Syndrome and the Problem of Uncertainty
Marginalising the Body at Work? Employers' Occupational Health Strategies and Occupational Medicine in Scotland c. 1930-1974
This article engages with two main themes recently utilised by historians of health and welfare: the impact of periphery on health; and the strengths and weakness of public and private approaches to health care. The specific focus of the article is the nature of occupational health and safety in the industrial conurbation of west central Scotland between 1930 and 1974. Using a range of primary source material, the article compares and contrasts t…
Germs at Work
In 1951, tuberculosis was added to the statutory list of prescribed occupational diseases in the UK, giving some workers the right to financial compensation. This article explores the long campaign to define TB as an illness linked to employment, investigating an area neglected in the historiography, whilst contributing to our understanding of the role of trade unions in relation to public health. The evidence examined here suggests a complex and…
Oral History in Scotland
This article discusses oral history in Scotland
Bottom dog men’
This article connects with and builds on recent research on workmen's compensation and disability focussing on the Scottish coalfields between the wars. It draws upon a range of primary sources including coal company accident books, court cases and trade union records to analyse efforts to define and redefine disability, examining the language deployed and the agency of workers and their advocates. It is argued here that the workmen's compensatio…
Employers and Labour in the English Textile Industries, 1850–1939
1. The Age of Napoleon 2. National Liberation 3. The Re-Shaping of Europe 4. The German Bund 5. Nationalism, Liberalism and Radicalism 6. Austria 7. Prussia 8. Constitution and Politics in the Smaller States 9. The Last Decade Before the Revolution 10. Economic Development 11. Religion and Politics 12. Politics and the Arts 13. The Emergence of the Social Question and Socialism 14. Political Literature and Journalism 15. National and Internationa…
Guardians of Workers' Bodies? Trade Unions and the History of Occupational Health and Safety
Critically assessing the role and influence of trade unions on occupational health and safety (OHS), and tracing their contribution to OHS discourse, is here examined through the lens of history in Britain positioned relative to international experience. The idea of trade union neglect of OHS is challenged through study of the historic role of trade unions and the more recent experience (since the 1970s) of unions' growing interest in OHS whilst …
Gender and Deindustrialization
This contribution takes stock of the growing research on deindustrialization from a gender perspective. Much of the work in deindustrialization studies is rooted in local studies, within single national contexts. This article provides a perspective that cuts across case studies and national historiographies. It reviews findings on the implications of deindustrialization for working-class masculinities and considers the extent to which research ha…
‘Wit a braw smell’
This paper contributes to the growing field of sensory history with a discussion of memories as olfactory heritage in Scotland, using work as a lens to explore remembered and experienced smells. Odours of various types and intensities were encountered in paid and unpaid work in the twentieth century, much (though not all) of which has now disappeared with the collapse of Scotland's industrial base, modern housing, improved hygiene and more effect…
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