Michael French
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3911099 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Michael French |
| PRENOMES | Michael |
| SOBRENOME | French |
| ASSINATURA | FRENCH M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Glasgow |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0972-9204 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 42 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 29 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1984 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Interpreting Suicide Notes
This paper will present a new method of interpreting suicide notes. It will begin with a discussion of the limitations of interpreting suicide notes. The paper will then clarify the purpose of interpretation as attempt at communication and how to understand the suicide note as an object of interpretation. This is followed by introduction of three traditional methods of interpretation: the pluralist, intentionalist, and psychoanalytic methods. Eac…
Carolyn Cobbold, A Rainbow Palate
Recently, lives have been powerfully shaped by interactions between health expertise and public policies on Covid, with shifting assessments of scientific knowledge. From this perspective, Carolyn Cobbold’s study of the adoption of new food colourings and their regulation in Britain, Germany, France and the USA between the late nineteenth and early twentieth century resonates with present concerns, but demonstrates the far greater force of the pa…
Death Awaits Me
This paper provides a phenomenology of the suicidal process. It begins with an examination of the self and the breaks that occur within the world that the suicidal individual endures. This includes an examination of suicidal hopelessness, termed in this paper as ontological petrification. It follows with the role in which hope plays in the suicidal. The paper then turns to carrying out the action of suicide, including a discussion of the suicide …
Practically the Uniform of the Tribe”
“Our outer dress does inner work for us, and if clothes “mean”, it is in the first place to ourselves, telling us we are or may be something we have meant to be” What is it to wear a uniform? Some occupations involve enforced adoption of a uniform, the police and armed services most obviously. Yet other occupations—such as management consultants—adopt styles or codes of dress that, while not enforced, have a currency and coherence such that we mi…
Motorcycle Helmet Laws in the United States From 1990 to 2005
The passage of universal helmet legislation requiring motorcycle riders of all ages to wear helmets is a timely and controversial issue with far-reaching public health implications, especially as the number of motorcycle fatalities continues to rise. In 2008, only 20 states had a universal helmet policy, an effective safety measure for reducing motorcycle fatalities and serious injuries. We used state-specific longitudinal data for the continenta…
Ambassadors of Commerce“
This paper presents a reading of British literary representations of commercial travelers between 1800 and 1939. Three forms of representation are used: nonfiction representations by others, travelers' self-representations, and fictional representations. We find remarkable continuity in representations of commercial travelers across this long time period, particularly in terms of a sustained tension between the image of the disreputable “drummer”…
The Bovine Scourge
Journal Article The Bovine Scourge: Meat, Tuberculosis and Public Health, 1850–1914 Get access Keir Waddington, The Bovine Scourge: Meat, Tuberculosis and Public Health, 1850–1914, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2006. Pp. 240. £50.00. ISBN 1843831937. Michael French Michael French 1University of [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 19, Iss…
Food Poisoning, Policy and Politics
David F. Smith and H. Lesley Diack with T. Hugh Pennington and Elizabeth M. Russell, Food Poisoning, Policy and Politics: Corned Beef and Typhoid in Britain in the 1960s , Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005. Pp. 348. £50. ISBN 1–84383–138–4. In May 1964, an outbreak of typhoid began in Aberdeen that resulted in more than 500 people being hospitalised. The authors note that it was the last major typhoid outbreak in Britain and it attracted extens…
Commercials, careers, and culture
Within the lower middle-class, British commercial travellers established a strong fraternal culture before 1914. This article examines their interwar experiences in terms of income, careers, and associational culture. It demonstrates how internal labour markets operated, identifies the ways in which commercial travellers interpreted their role, and explores their social and political attitudes
Protéger les consommateurs ou soutenir les producteurs
Michael FRENCH and Jim PHILLIPS Protéger les consommateurs ou soutenir les producteurs? La politique alimentaire menée par le Royaume-Uni de 1945 à 1955 Les questions d'approvisionnement, de qualité et de prix des produits alimentaires sont à l'origine de débats politiques animés en Grande- Bretagne depuis le XVIIIe siècle. Cependant, malgré l'existence d'une représentation des consommateurs, il est clair que d'un point de vue historique, la régl…
Sophisticates or Dupes? Attitudes toward Food Consumers in Edwardian Britain
In this article, we explore how reformers, manufacturers, and traders perceived British food consumers and the significance of those perceptions in debates about food quality and regulation. By considering basic commodities, our analysis extends a literature on consumption that is otherwise derived primarily from the study of luxury commodities, and it identifies conflicting images of the interests, competence, and concerns of early twentieth-cen…
Food Safety Regimes in Scotland, 1899–1914
No abstract available
British Business History
(1999). British Business History: A Review of the Periodical Literature for 1997. Business History: Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 1-16
State Regulation and the Hazards of Milk, 1900-1939
This examination of milk safety before the Second World War focuses on the manner in which government regulation was shaped by the agricultural lobby, acting through the Ministry of Agriculture. Dairy farmers used their market strength to resist the introduction of many regulations which were regarded as desirable and even essential from a public health perspective. These included compulsory pasteurization, favoured by the Ministry of Health and …
U.S. Economic History since 1945
Journal Article U.S. Economic History since 1945. By Michael French. (New York: Manchester University Press, 1997. x, 236 pp. Cloth, $79.95, ISBN 0-7190-4185-6. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-7190-4951-2.) Get access Albert Churella Albert Churella Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 2, September 1999, Pages 867–868, https://doi.org/10.2…
The Pure Beer Campaign and Arsenic Poisoning, 1896–1903
In the 1880s English farmers and their political representatives began a long campaign for tighter control of beer ingredients. The chief aim of the campaign, which continued intermittently until the 1920s, was to increase demand for English barley and hops. The proposed measures were variously introduced in Parliament by farming MPs as ‘Beer’, ‘Pure Beer’, and even ‘British Beer’ Bills; each sought to limit, or in some cases prohibit, the use of…
Adulteration and Food Law, 1899-1939
Contemporary concerns about food safety and regulation have important historical antecedents in the Victorian debate about food adulteration which led to the 1875 Sale of Food and Drugs Act, the basis of British food law until 1955. This article reconsiders the optimistic historiographical view of the Victorian food legislation, emphasizing its limited impact on the general process of food production and distribution before the Second World War. …
Public Policy and British Commercial Vehicles during the Export Drive Era, 1945–50
The relationships between business and public policy are examined in terms of the commercial vehicle industry during the post-war British export drive. The issues of planning and control are considered from the perspective of the varying priorities of government departments. The immediate and longer term effects of policy on sales, marketing arrangements and production strategies are examined at the level of the firm and industry associations. Co…
Manufacturing and Models in the Commercial Vehicle Industry
Analyse des strategies commerciales dans l'industrie automobile anglaise de 1920 a 1956, et relation entre les methodes de production et le design du produit
Before the Computer
The U.S. Tire Industry
The U.S. Tire Industry
Technology and Power in the Early American Cotton Industry
The Path to Mechanized Shoe Production in the United States
The Growth and Relative Decline of the North British Rubber Co., 1856–1956
(1988). The Growth and Relative Decline of the North British Rubber Co., 1856–1956. Business History: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 396-415
Commercials, careers, and culture
Within the lower middle-class, British commercial travellers established a strong fraternal culture before 1914. This article examines their interwar experiences in terms of income, careers, and associational culture. It demonstrates how internal labour markets operated, identifies the ways in which commercial travellers interpreted their role, and explores their social and political attitudes
Structural Change and Competition in the United States Tire Industry, 1920–1937
In this case study, Dr. French examines the responses to overcapacity in a mass production industry and traces the development of oligopolistic competition. Previous studies have emphasized technology and the growth of “big business,” but here the author argues that the structure of the U.S. tire industry must be understood in terms of large, medium, and small firms. He finds, moreover, that the extent of competition and cooperation was significa…
Ambassadors of Commerce“
This paper presents a reading of British literary representations of commercial travelers between 1800 and 1939. Three forms of representation are used: nonfiction representations by others, travelers' self-representations, and fictional representations. We find remarkable continuity in representations of commercial travelers across this long time period, particularly in terms of a sustained tension between the image of the disreputable “drummer”…
Adulteration and Food Law, 1899-1939
Contemporary concerns about food safety and regulation have important historical antecedents in the Victorian debate about food adulteration which led to the 1875 Sale of Food and Drugs Act, the basis of British food law until 1955. This article reconsiders the optimistic historiographical view of the Victorian food legislation, emphasizing its limited impact on the general process of food production and distribution before the Second World War. …
The U.S. Tire Industry
Motorcycle Helmet Laws in the United States From 1990 to 2005
The passage of universal helmet legislation requiring motorcycle riders of all ages to wear helmets is a timely and controversial issue with far-reaching public health implications, especially as the number of motorcycle fatalities continues to rise. In 2008, only 20 states had a universal helmet policy, an effective safety measure for reducing motorcycle fatalities and serious injuries. We used state-specific longitudinal data for the continenta…
State Regulation and the Hazards of Milk, 1900-1939
This examination of milk safety before the Second World War focuses on the manner in which government regulation was shaped by the agricultural lobby, acting through the Ministry of Agriculture. Dairy farmers used their market strength to resist the introduction of many regulations which were regarded as desirable and even essential from a public health perspective. These included compulsory pasteurization, favoured by the Ministry of Health and …
Practically the Uniform of the Tribe”
“Our outer dress does inner work for us, and if clothes “mean”, it is in the first place to ourselves, telling us we are or may be something we have meant to be” What is it to wear a uniform? Some occupations involve enforced adoption of a uniform, the police and armed services most obviously. Yet other occupations—such as management consultants—adopt styles or codes of dress that, while not enforced, have a currency and coherence such that we mi…
The Bovine Scourge
Journal Article The Bovine Scourge: Meat, Tuberculosis and Public Health, 1850–1914 Get access Keir Waddington, The Bovine Scourge: Meat, Tuberculosis and Public Health, 1850–1914, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2006. Pp. 240. £50.00. ISBN 1843831937. Michael French Michael French 1University of [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 19, Iss…
Sophisticates or Dupes? Attitudes toward Food Consumers in Edwardian Britain
In this article, we explore how reformers, manufacturers, and traders perceived British food consumers and the significance of those perceptions in debates about food quality and regulation. By considering basic commodities, our analysis extends a literature on consumption that is otherwise derived primarily from the study of luxury commodities, and it identifies conflicting images of the interests, competence, and concerns of early twentieth-cen…
The Pure Beer Campaign and Arsenic Poisoning, 1896–1903
In the 1880s English farmers and their political representatives began a long campaign for tighter control of beer ingredients. The chief aim of the campaign, which continued intermittently until the 1920s, was to increase demand for English barley and hops. The proposed measures were variously introduced in Parliament by farming MPs as ‘Beer’, ‘Pure Beer’, and even ‘British Beer’ Bills; each sought to limit, or in some cases prohibit, the use of…
The Growth and Relative Decline of the North British Rubber Co., 1856–1956
(1988). The Growth and Relative Decline of the North British Rubber Co., 1856–1956. Business History: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 396-415
The emergence of a US multinational enterprise
The Regulation and Reform of the American Banking System, 1900-1929
Structural Change and Competition in the United States Tire Industry, 1920–1937
In this case study, Dr. French examines the responses to overcapacity in a mass production industry and traces the development of oligopolistic competition. Previous studies have emphasized technology and the growth of “big business,” but here the author argues that the structure of the U.S. tire industry must be understood in terms of large, medium, and small firms. He finds, moreover, that the extent of competition and cooperation was significa…
Family Firm to Modern Multinational
The emergence of a US multinational enterprise
The Growth and Relative Decline of the North British Rubber Co., 1856–1956
(1988). The Growth and Relative Decline of the North British Rubber Co., 1856–1956. Business History: Vol. 30, No. 4, pp. 396-415
The Path to Mechanized Shoe Production in the United States
The U.S. Tire Industry
The U.S. Tire Industry
Technology and Power in the Early American Cotton Industry
Manufacturing and Models in the Commercial Vehicle Industry
Analyse des strategies commerciales dans l'industrie automobile anglaise de 1920 a 1956, et relation entre les methodes de production et le design du produit
Before the Computer
The Pure Beer Campaign and Arsenic Poisoning, 1896–1903
In the 1880s English farmers and their political representatives began a long campaign for tighter control of beer ingredients. The chief aim of the campaign, which continued intermittently until the 1920s, was to increase demand for English barley and hops. The proposed measures were variously introduced in Parliament by farming MPs as ‘Beer’, ‘Pure Beer’, and even ‘British Beer’ Bills; each sought to limit, or in some cases prohibit, the use of…
Adulteration and Food Law, 1899-1939
Contemporary concerns about food safety and regulation have important historical antecedents in the Victorian debate about food adulteration which led to the 1875 Sale of Food and Drugs Act, the basis of British food law until 1955. This article reconsiders the optimistic historiographical view of the Victorian food legislation, emphasizing its limited impact on the general process of food production and distribution before the Second World War. …
Public Policy and British Commercial Vehicles during the Export Drive Era, 1945–50
The relationships between business and public policy are examined in terms of the commercial vehicle industry during the post-war British export drive. The issues of planning and control are considered from the perspective of the varying priorities of government departments. The immediate and longer term effects of policy on sales, marketing arrangements and production strategies are examined at the level of the firm and industry associations. Co…
British Business History
(1999). British Business History: A Review of the Periodical Literature for 1997. Business History: Vol. 41, No. 2, pp. 1-16
State Regulation and the Hazards of Milk, 1900-1939
This examination of milk safety before the Second World War focuses on the manner in which government regulation was shaped by the agricultural lobby, acting through the Ministry of Agriculture. Dairy farmers used their market strength to resist the introduction of many regulations which were regarded as desirable and even essential from a public health perspective. These included compulsory pasteurization, favoured by the Ministry of Health and …
U.S. Economic History since 1945
Journal Article U.S. Economic History since 1945. By Michael French. (New York: Manchester University Press, 1997. x, 236 pp. Cloth, $79.95, ISBN 0-7190-4185-6. Paper, $24.95, ISBN 0-7190-4951-2.) Get access Albert Churella Albert Churella Ohio State University Columbus, Ohio Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 86, Issue 2, September 1999, Pages 867–868, https://doi.org/10.2…
Food Safety Regimes in Scotland, 1899–1914
No abstract available
Sophisticates or Dupes? Attitudes toward Food Consumers in Edwardian Britain
In this article, we explore how reformers, manufacturers, and traders perceived British food consumers and the significance of those perceptions in debates about food quality and regulation. By considering basic commodities, our analysis extends a literature on consumption that is otherwise derived primarily from the study of luxury commodities, and it identifies conflicting images of the interests, competence, and concerns of early twentieth-cen…
Protéger les consommateurs ou soutenir les producteurs
Michael FRENCH and Jim PHILLIPS Protéger les consommateurs ou soutenir les producteurs? La politique alimentaire menée par le Royaume-Uni de 1945 à 1955 Les questions d'approvisionnement, de qualité et de prix des produits alimentaires sont à l'origine de débats politiques animés en Grande- Bretagne depuis le XVIIIe siècle. Cependant, malgré l'existence d'une représentation des consommateurs, il est clair que d'un point de vue historique, la régl…
Commercials, careers, and culture
Within the lower middle-class, British commercial travellers established a strong fraternal culture before 1914. This article examines their interwar experiences in terms of income, careers, and associational culture. It demonstrates how internal labour markets operated, identifies the ways in which commercial travellers interpreted their role, and explores their social and political attitudes
The Bovine Scourge
Journal Article The Bovine Scourge: Meat, Tuberculosis and Public Health, 1850–1914 Get access Keir Waddington, The Bovine Scourge: Meat, Tuberculosis and Public Health, 1850–1914, Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2006. Pp. 240. £50.00. ISBN 1843831937. Michael French Michael French 1University of [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Social History of Medicine, Volume 19, Iss…
Food Poisoning, Policy and Politics
David F. Smith and H. Lesley Diack with T. Hugh Pennington and Elizabeth M. Russell, Food Poisoning, Policy and Politics: Corned Beef and Typhoid in Britain in the 1960s , Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 2005. Pp. 348. £50. ISBN 1–84383–138–4. In May 1964, an outbreak of typhoid began in Aberdeen that resulted in more than 500 people being hospitalised. The authors note that it was the last major typhoid outbreak in Britain and it attracted extens…
Ambassadors of Commerce“
This paper presents a reading of British literary representations of commercial travelers between 1800 and 1939. Three forms of representation are used: nonfiction representations by others, travelers' self-representations, and fictional representations. We find remarkable continuity in representations of commercial travelers across this long time period, particularly in terms of a sustained tension between the image of the disreputable “drummer”…
Motorcycle Helmet Laws in the United States From 1990 to 2005
The passage of universal helmet legislation requiring motorcycle riders of all ages to wear helmets is a timely and controversial issue with far-reaching public health implications, especially as the number of motorcycle fatalities continues to rise. In 2008, only 20 states had a universal helmet policy, an effective safety measure for reducing motorcycle fatalities and serious injuries. We used state-specific longitudinal data for the continenta…
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