title: Busman's stomach and the embodiment of modernity.
abstract: This paper examines the relationship between the gastric illness, 'busman's stomach' and the Coronation bus strike of May 1937 in which 27,000 London busworkers walked out for better working conditions and a seven-and-half-hour day. It explores the way in which new patterns of somatisation, gastroenterological techniques, psychological theories and competing understandings of time worked together to create new political institutions and new forms of political action in inter-war Britain.
authors.affiliation: Centre for the History of the Emotions, School of History, Queen Mary University of London , London , UK.
authors.forename: Rhodri
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hayward
keywords: Modernity; digestive disorders; temporality; trade unions; transport