Dust to dust: Oral testimonies of asbestos-related disease on Clydeside
McIvor, Arthur and Johnston, R. (2001) Dust to dust: Oral testimonies of asbestos-related disease on Clydeside. Oral History, 29 (2). pp. 48-61. ISSN 0143-0955
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This article investigates the personal experience of occupational disease in the industrial conurbation of Clydeside, as recounted by interviews with 31 asbestos-disease victims. We examine exposure to asbestos in the workplace and the prevailing 'machismo' work culture of the shipyards and building sites in which high levels of danger were accepted as part of the 'natural order' of things. The final section discusses the impact of occupational disease on people's lives. The oral testimony for Scotland further demonstrates the irresponsible behaviour of the industry and, importantly, the limited effectiveness of the legislation which failed to protect workers from danger prior to the 1970s. There was a wide gap between legal requirements and regulations, and actual workplace practice. Oral history also illuminates the contested and often painful struggles over compensation and the way in which industrial disability seriously prescribed lifestyles, invariably led directly to social exclusion and how people coped with trauma and premature death.
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Item type: Article ID code: 1600 Dates: DateEvent2001PublishedSubjects: Social Sciences > Economic History and Conditions
Social Sciences > Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform
Medicine > Public aspects of medicine > Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine
History General and Old World > Great BritainDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Humanities > History
Faculty of Engineering > Mechanical and Aerospace EngineeringDepositing user: Strathprints Administrator Date deposited: 19 Sep 2006 Last modified: 08 Apr 2024 15:19 Related URLs: URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/1600