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Illinois Wesleyan UniversityDigital Commons @ IWUJohn Wesley Powell Student ResearchConference 2007, 18th Annual JWP ConferenceApr 14th, 2:35 PM - 3:35 PMNomads of the Interstates: Portrait of the AmericanTruckerAdam Cannon, '07Illinois Wesleyan UniversityRebecca Gearhart, Faculty AdvisorIllinois Wesleyan UniversityFollow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprcThis Event is brought to you for free and open access by The Ames Library, the Andrew W. Mellon Center for Curricular and FacultyDevelopment, the Office of the Provost and the Office of the President. It has been accepted for inclusion in Digital Commons @ IWU bythe faculty at Illinois Wesleyan University. For more information, please contact digitalcommons@iwu.edu.©Copyright is owned by the author of this document.Adam Cannon, '07 and Rebecca Gearhart, Faculty Advisor, "Nomads of the Interstates: Portrait of the American Trucker"(April 14, 2007). John Wesley Powell Student Research Conference. Paper 9.http://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/jwprc/2007/posters2/9THE JOHN WESLEY POWELL S TUDEN T RESEARCH CONFERENCE - APRIL 2007 Poster Presentation P I 8 NOMADS OF THE INTERSTATES : PORTRAIT OF THE AMERICAN TRUCKER Adam Cannon and Rebecca Gearhart* Sociology and Anthropology Department, Illinois Wesleyan University In order to meet the demands of an economy that thrives on consumerism, American truck drivers are burdened with the responsibility of delivering products quickly and efficiently. This responsibility ultimately compels them to l ive like nomads, who spend long exhausting hours on the road, and who do not return home for months at a time. Through photographs and ethnographic interviews, this poster presentation i l lustrates the rich culture that exists among ' American truckers, and furthermore highlights the tribulations of the trucker that stem from a nomadic existence. The research suggests that truck drivers are a severely underappreciated and misunderstood group of people, who are a necessary component of the nation' s  economy. The aim of this poster presentation is to generate cultural awareness and respect for these fascinating people, who exist on the margins of society. 

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