Publication Date
8-1-1998
Degree Program
Department of Sociology
Degree Type
Master of Art
Abstract
The purpose of this research is to provide a comprehensive description of the trucking subculture. In addition to detailing the material and nonmaterial aspects of and the process of being socialized into the trucking subculture, this thesis provides a profile of the contemporary American truck driver including demographics, work activities, attitudes, opinions and illegal activities.
Disciplines
Sociology
Recommended Citation
Fields, David, "Keeping the "Shiny Side Up" and the "Hammer Down": The Subculture of American Truck Drivers" (1998). Masters Theses & Specialist Projects. Paper 306.
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/theses/306