Overview

For working people, the cost of getting to work, in terms of time and expense, is a crucial aspect of daily life. In the twentieth century, people’s opportunity to travel increased. This did not, however, apply to everyone. The absence of affordable housing near job locations combined with the lack of safe, efficient, and affordable mobility options aggravated social exclusion for some. No Bicycle, No Bus, No Job details how power relations have historically enabled or restricted workers’ mobility in twentieth century Netherlands. Blue-collar workers, industrial employers, and the state shaped workers’ everyday commute in a changing playing field of uneven power relations that shifted from paternalism to neo-liberalism.

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Author:   Patrick Bek
Publisher:   Amsterdam University Press
Imprint:   Amsterdam University Press
ISBN:  

9789463723183

ISBN 10:   9463723188
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   05 May 2022
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Figures Introduction How Workers’ Travel was Controlled in Many Ways Mobility in Key Dutch Industrial Centers Grasping the Worker’s Perspective of Mobility 1 Responding to the Transport Mismatch, 1920-1940 1.1 Transport Mismatch between Home and Work 1.2 Workers Seek Mobility Alternatives Conclusion 2 Protesting Bus Regulations during the Depression, 1926-1938 2.1 State Regulation of Passenger Buses 2.2 Workers Respond with a Miner Bus Boycott Conclusion 3 Mobility Austerity during War and Scarcity, 1940-1947 3.1 Wartime Transport Mismatch 3.2 Wartime Mobility Austerity 3.3 Scarcity and Austerity Continue After the War Conclusion 4 Mobility Barriers during Postwar Industrialization, 1947-1970 4.1 Lack of Affordable Housing Near Jobs 4.2 Public Transit Falls Short Conclusion 5 Postwar Mobility Practices, 1947-1970 5.1 Urban and Peri-Urban Workers Keep on Cycling and Discover Mopeds 5.2 Company Buses for Rural and Migrant Workers Conclusion 6 Disciplining Cyclists and Moped Riders 6.1 Companies Fear for Workers’ Safety in Postwar Traffic 6.2 Policing and Schooling Conclusion 7 Mobilizing Rural and Migrant Workers by Company Bus 7.1 Employers as Driving Force Behind Worker Buses 7.2 The Social Aspect of Bus Commuting 7.3 Control Techniques and Strategies Conclusion 8 Leaving Workers to their Own Devices during Deindustrialization, 1970-1990 8.1 Employers Withdraw 8.2 Forcing Car Commuting as the New Normal 8.3 Accessibility Crisis for the Car-less Conclusion Conclusion Bibliography Archival Collections Online Collections Newspaper and Journal Articles Published Documentation of Government and Non-Governmental Organizations Scholarly Publications Index

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"""In this carefully researched volume, Patrick Bek examines the links between workers’ mobility, transportation technologies, and societal change. In particular, he focuses on the ways in which mobility deprivation was produced through strategies enacted by the state and employers, and the measures that workers developed to facilitate their mobility and access to employment"" - Colin Pooley, Technology and Culture, Vol, 64, July 2023"

Author Information

Patrick Bek is a historian who received his PhD in 2021 from Eindhoven University of Technology. His research interests include labor history, history of technology, and mobility studies. He currently lectures at Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences.

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