| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Politics and society in twentieth-century America |
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Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
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| Contents |
Food and power in the New Deal, 1933-42 -- Chaos, control, and country trucking, 1933-42 -- Food fights in war and peace, 1942-52 -- Trucking culture and politics in the agribusiness era, 1953-61 -- Beef trusts and asphalt cowboys -- The milkman and the milk hauler -- Agrarian trucking culture and deregulatory capitalism, 1960-80 |
| Summary |
Trucking Country is a social history of long-haul trucking that explores the contentious politics of free-market capitalism in post-World War II America. Shane Hamilton paints an eye-opening portrait of the rural highways of the American heartland, and in doing so explains why working-class populist voters are drawn to conservative politicians who seemingly don't represent their financial interests. Hamilton challenges the popular notion of "red state" conservatism as a devil's bargain between culturally conservative rural workers and economically conservative demagogues in the Republican Part |
| Notes |
Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-291) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Truck drivers -- United States -- History
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SCIENCE -- Philosophy & Social Aspects.
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Social Aspects.
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HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
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Economic history
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Rural conditions
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Truck drivers
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United States -- Rural conditions.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140507
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United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001001975
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| Subject |
United States
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| Genre/Form |
History
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dissertations.
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2008009874 |
| ISBN |
9781400828791 |
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1400828791 |
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128215818X |
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9781282158184 |
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