Trucking country : the road to America's Wal-Mart economy / Shane Hamilton.
| Author/creator |
Hamilton, Shane, 1976- |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2008. |
| Description | xi, 305 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Politics and society in twentieth-century America Politics and society in twentieth-century America. ^A460998 |
| Contents | Food and power in the New Deal, 1933-42 -- Chaos, control, and country trucking, 1933-42 -- Food fights in war and peace, 1942-52 -- Trucking culture and politics in the agribusiness era, 1953-61 -- Beef trusts and asphalt cowboys -- The milkman and the milk hauler -- Agrarian trucking culture and deregulatory capitalism, 1960-80. |
| General note | Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-291) and index. |
| LCCN | 2008009874 |
| ISBN | 9780691135823 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0691135827 (alk. paper) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | HD 8039.M7952 U529 2008 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |