Author: Munro S. Edmonson
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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The Mexican Truck Driver
Author: Munro S. Edmonson
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 16
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The Mexican Truck Driver
Author: Munro S. Edmonson
Publisher:
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Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Folklore
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Mexican Trucking Wages
Author: United States. General Accounting Office. RCED.
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Category : Mexico
Languages : en
Pages : 22
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The Late Truck Driver
Author: David Longanecker
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665701153
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
The Late Truck Driver isn’t about a deceased truck driver or someone who arrives late to pick up or deliver a load. It’s about becoming a truck driver later in life. David Longanecker always dreamed of driving a big rig, but his life took a different path, leading him to enjoy a career as a higher education administrator and in policy analysis. When he retired, however, he chased his dream. In this book, he shares how he made the leap, what it was like prepping for and taking the test to earn his commercial driver’s license, and how he earned real-world experience on the road. He also pays tribute to the beauty of big rigs and the pure joy that comes along with looking at them and driving them. There really is nothing like admiring the beauty of a landscape while sitting in the elevated cab of a big rig tractor. Whether you’ve wondered what it is like to drive a big rig, want to make a career change, or simply crave to know more about truck driving culture, you’ll get an accurate picture of what the life is all about with this book.
Publisher: Archway Publishing
ISBN: 1665701153
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 97
Book Description
The Late Truck Driver isn’t about a deceased truck driver or someone who arrives late to pick up or deliver a load. It’s about becoming a truck driver later in life. David Longanecker always dreamed of driving a big rig, but his life took a different path, leading him to enjoy a career as a higher education administrator and in policy analysis. When he retired, however, he chased his dream. In this book, he shares how he made the leap, what it was like prepping for and taking the test to earn his commercial driver’s license, and how he earned real-world experience on the road. He also pays tribute to the beauty of big rigs and the pure joy that comes along with looking at them and driving them. There really is nothing like admiring the beauty of a landscape while sitting in the elevated cab of a big rig tractor. Whether you’ve wondered what it is like to drive a big rig, want to make a career change, or simply crave to know more about truck driving culture, you’ll get an accurate picture of what the life is all about with this book.
Semi Queer
Author: Anne Balay
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469647109
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel. A licensed commercial truck driver herself, Balay discovers that, for people routinely subjected to prejudice, hatred, and violence in their hometowns and in the job market, trucking can provide an opportunity for safety, welcome isolation, and a chance to be themselves--even as the low-wage work is fraught with tightening regulations, constant surveillance, danger, and exploitation. The narratives of minority and queer truckers underscore the working-class struggle to earn a living while preserving one's safety, dignity, and selfhood. Through the voices of drivers from marginalized communities who spend eleven- to fourteen-hour days hauling America's commodities in treacherous weather and across mountain passes, Semi Queer reveals the stark differences between the trucking industry's crushing labor practices and the perseverance of its most at-risk workers.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469647109
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 229
Book Description
Long-haul trucking is linked to almost every industry in America, yet somehow the working-class drivers behind big rigs remain largely hidden from public view. Gritty, inspiring, and often devastating oral histories of gay, transsexual, and minority truck drivers allow award-winning author Anne Balay to shed new light on the harsh realities of truckers' lives behind the wheel. A licensed commercial truck driver herself, Balay discovers that, for people routinely subjected to prejudice, hatred, and violence in their hometowns and in the job market, trucking can provide an opportunity for safety, welcome isolation, and a chance to be themselves--even as the low-wage work is fraught with tightening regulations, constant surveillance, danger, and exploitation. The narratives of minority and queer truckers underscore the working-class struggle to earn a living while preserving one's safety, dignity, and selfhood. Through the voices of drivers from marginalized communities who spend eleven- to fourteen-hour days hauling America's commodities in treacherous weather and across mountain passes, Semi Queer reveals the stark differences between the trucking industry's crushing labor practices and the perseverance of its most at-risk workers.
Cross-border Trucking with Mexico
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Transportation and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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Publisher:
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Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 160
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The Long Haul: A Trucker's Tales of Life on the Road
Author: Finn Murphy
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393608727
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393608727
Category : Transportation
Languages : en
Pages : 167
Book Description
“There’s nothing semi about Finn Murphy’s trucking tales of The Long Haul.”—Sloane Crosley, Vanity Fair More than thirty years ago, Finn Murphy dropped out of college to become a long-haul trucker. Since then he’s covered more than a million miles as a mover, packing, loading, hauling people’s belongings all over America. In The Long Haul, Murphy recounts with wit, candor, and charm the America he has seen change over the decades and the poignant, funny, and often haunting stories of the people he encounters on the job.
U.S.
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 344
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NAFTA
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. Subcommittee on Highways and Transit
Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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Publisher:
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Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 236
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U.S.-Mexico Trucking Research Project
Author: Richard B. Will
Publisher:
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Category : Trucking
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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Publisher:
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Category : Trucking
Languages : en
Pages : 106
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