No Bicycle, No Bus, No Job : The Making of Workers' Mobility in the Netherlands, 1920-1990

For working people, the expenses of going to their jobs, in terms of time and cost, are a crucial aspect of daily life. As economic conditions and mobility systems changed in the twentieth century, this aspect of workers' lives underwent significant transformations. Historians have only begun t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: AMSTERDAM : AMSTERDAM UNIVERSITY PR, 2022.
Edición:1ST ED.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy.
Commuting > Netherlands > Costs > History.
Commuting > Netherlands > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Table of Contents
  • Figures
  • Introduction
  • 1 Responding to the Transport Mismatch, 1920-1940
  • 2 Protesting Bus Regulations during the Depression, 1926-1938
  • 3 Mobility Austerity during War and Scarcity, 1940-1947
  • 4 Mobility Barriers during Postwar Industrialization, 1947-1970
  • 5 Postwar Mobility Practices, 1947-1970
  • 6 Disciplining Cyclists and Moped Riders
  • 7 Mobilizing Rural and Migrant Workers by Company Bus
  • 8 Leaving Workers to their Own Devices during Deindustrialization, 1970-1990
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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