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Trucking country : the road to America's Wal-Mart economy /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hamilton, Shane, 1976-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008.
Colección:Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario: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
Notas:Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xi, 305 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-291) and index.
ISBN:9781400828791
1400828791
128215818X
9781282158184