2 If the Wheel Ain’t Turnin’, You Ain’t Earnin’: Trucker Politics, Economics, and Culture

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. 1 Introduction 1
4. 2 If the Wheel Ain’t Turnin’, You Ain’t Earnin’: Trucker Politics, Economics, and Culture 16
5. 3 Tired Truckers and the Rise of Electronic Surveillance 35
6. 4 The Business of Trucker Surveillance 52
7. 5 Computers in the Coop 77
8. 6 Beating the Box: How Truckers Resist Being Monitored 92
9. 7 RoboTruckers: The Double Threat of AI for Low-Wage Work 119
10. 8 Technology, Enforcement, and Apparent Order 152
11. Appendix A: Studying Surveillance 159
12. Appendix B: Notes on the Organization of the Trucking Industry 169
13. Acknowledgments 171
14. Notes 175
15. Bibliography 201
16. Index 221