Pedal to the Metal: The Work Life of Truckers

(Part of the Labor and Social Change Series)

by Lawrence J. Ouellet and Lawrence Ouellet

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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

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Automotive Business & Finance Business & Investing Engineering Ethnic Studies Politics & Social Sciences Popular Economics Social Science Social Sciences Specific Demographics Textbooks Transportation Trucks & Vans

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