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The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
Steve Viscelli
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Description for The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
Paperback. Why do truckers accept these conditions and pay? Why can't they achieve what workers did in the past through collective action and union organization? This book looks at what has happened to blue-collar jobs since the trucking industry was deregulated. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHBL; KCF; KNGR; KNXB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn't always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how ... Read more
Long-haul trucks have been described as sweatshops on wheels. The typical long-haul trucker works the equivalent of two full-time jobs, often for little more than minimum wage. But it wasn't always this way. Trucking used to be one of the best working-class jobs in the United States. The Big Rig explains how this massive degradation in the quality of work has occurred, and how companies achieve a compliant and dedicated workforce despite it. Drawing on more than 100 in-depth interviews and years of extensive observation, including six months training and working as a long-haul trucker, Viscelli explains in detail how ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
400g
Number of Pages
284
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520278127
SKU
V9780520278127
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Ref
99-39
About Steve Viscelli
Steve Viscelli is a political sociologist and lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania. He is also a senior associate at the Center on Wisconsin Strategy. In addition to his academic research, he works with a range of public and private stakeholders to make the trucking industry safer, more efficient, and a better place to work. To learn more, please visit: ... Read more
Reviews for The Big Rig: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream
Compelling... This rich ethnographic account is grounded in sociological inquiry of labor relations and age-old questions of capitalist interests and class struggle.
Contemporary Sociology This is a powerful and important book that brings clear insights into some of the machinations of contemporary American capitalism.
Shane Hamilton, University of York
Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas ... Read more
Contemporary Sociology This is a powerful and important book that brings clear insights into some of the machinations of contemporary American capitalism.
Shane Hamilton, University of York
Labor: Studies in Working-Class History of the Americas ... Read more