Pedal to the Metal - The Work Life of Truckers

An ethnography of trucking culture, this work documents and analyzes truckers' lives and work ethic, exploring the range of identities truckers create for themselves the renegade cowboy, the company man, the voyeur, the lone king of the road. It examines the meaning of work and the motivation for excelling despite long hours on the road.

About the author

Lawrence J. Ouellet is Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Summary

An ethnography of trucking culture, this work documents and analyzes truckers' lives and work ethic, exploring the range of identities truckers create for themselves the renegade cowboy, the company man, the voyeur, the lone king of the road. It examines the meaning of work and the motivation for excelling despite long hours on the road.

Product details

• Authors: Lawrence J. Cuellet, Lawrence Ouellet, Lawrence J. Ouellet, Lawrence J. Ovellett
• Publisher: Temple University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781566391764
• ISBN: 978-1-56639-176-4
• No. of pages: 247
• Dimensions: 153 mm x 228 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 404 g
• Series: Labor And Social Change; Labor and Social Change; Labor & Social Change
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches