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Subject(s)

• Gays—United States [Browse]
• Women truck drivers—United States [Browse]
• Transgender people—United States [Browse]
• African Americans [Browse]
• Truck drivers—United States [Browse]
• Trucking—United States—Social conditions [Browse]

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-207) and index.

Contents

Starting : whoop 'n' ride : why people choose trucking, and how they prepare -- Rolling : sailboat races : the web of regulations that shape the work of trucking -- Stopping : getting loaded : customers, shippers, receivers -- Rolling : drag and fly : race, racism, and trucking -- Stopping : Jesus, take the wheel : road accidents, PTSD, and fear -- Rolling : grabbing gears : the appeal of constant motion, especially to gay, black, and trans drivers -- Stopping : the pickle park : truck stops and rest areas -- Rolling : draggin' ass : persistence and endurance are working-class values -- Stopping : what's your twenty? : Locating the queer trucker's body.

ISBN

• 9781469647098 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
• 1469647095 ((hardcover ; : alkaline paper))
• ((electronic book))

LCCN

2018008644

OCLC

1028608890