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Trucking Country: The Road to America's Wal-Mart Economy

By Shane Hamilton
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By Shane Hamilton
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Trucking Country is a social history of long-haul trucking that explores the contentious politics of free-market capitalism in post-World War II America. Shane Hamilton paints an eye-opening portrait of the rural highways of the American heartland, and in doing so explains why working-class populist voters are drawn to conservative politicians who seemingly don't represent their financial interests.


Hamilton challenges the popular notion of "red state" conservatism as a devil's bargain betw...

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