Trucking Country: The Road to America's Wal-Mart Economy

by Shane Hamilton

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691160929
• ISBN13: 9780691160924
• Release Date: February 2014
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 0.98 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.7" x 8.8"