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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
©2008.
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Colección: | Politics and society in twentieth-century America.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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 |
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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 |