Pedal to the Metal: The Work Life of Truckers

by Lawrence J. Ouellet and Lawrence Ouellet

Book Overview

From this experience, Lawrence J. Ouellet has the advantage of a rare perspective and a profound understanding of the two fundamental questions he asks in this book: Why do truck drivers work so hard even when it doesn't result in more money or other material gains? and How do truckers make sense of their behavior to themselves and to the outside world? A vivid ethnography of trucking culture, Pedal to the Metal documents and analyzes truckers' lives...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 156639175X
• ISBN13: 9781566391757
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Length: 270 Pages