Jobs and Bodies
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Jobs and Bodies

An Oral History of Health and Safety in Britain

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Jobs and Bodies

An Oral History of Health and Safety in Britain

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About This Book

In the early 21st century, radically changing work locations and patterns have jolted society to reflect more on the ways that employment affects the body and the mind. This book provides historical context and insights to aid our understanding of this contemporary crisis, critically examining the history of a neglected area. In this oral-history based study, Arthur McIvor explores the history of health and safety from Second World War to the present, drawing extensively upon workers' own personal stories of occupational accidents, disasters, injury, disease, overwork and disability. It covers a wide range of workplace issues, from stories of TNT poisoning and overwork in wartime, through to the asbestos and black lung disasters, and the modern-day 'epidemics' of stress, burn-out and Covid-19. Opening conversations surrounding the harms caused by work, this book analyses how people have lived with occupational illness and disability, critiquing risk and work-health cultures, and the structural violence characteristic of industrial capitalism and neoliberal economics, in addition to discussing the agency of big business and advocacy of workers and victims. Focusing on class, gender, disability and race, this book uses an impressive range of secondary and primary sources, including government reports and enquiries drawing upon workers' testimonies, Mine and Factory Inspectors Reports, HSE papers, newspapers, Mass Observation responses and oral history interviews.

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Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Year
2023
ISBN
9781350236240
Edition
1
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Halftitle Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Dedication Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of illustrations
  7. Acknowledgements
  8. List of abbreviations
  9. 1 Memory, Context and the Working Body
  10. 2 Talking Dirty: Narrating Toxic Exposure and Danger Stories
  11. 3 Industrial Legacies; Damaged Bodies
  12. 4 ‘Fit for the Scrap Heap’: Remembering Losing Work and Health
  13. 5 Stress and Burn-Out: Narrating the Modern Work-Health Epidemic
  14. 6 Infected Bodies: From Anthrax to Covid-19 in the Workplace
  15. 7 Pushing Back: Health and Safety Activism and Environmentalism
  16. Conclusion
  17. Notes
  18. Bibliography
  19. Index
  20. Imprint