Taxi! : a social history of the New York City cabdriver / / Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
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| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | viii, 225 p. :; ill. |
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- The creation of the taxi man, 1907-1920
- Hack men in the jazz age, 1920-1930
- The search for order during the Depression, 1930-1940
- Prosperity during wartime, 1940-1950
- The creation of the classic cabby, 1950-1960
- Unionization and its discontents, 1960-1980
- The lease driver and proletarian, 1980-2005
- Epilogue
- Appendix. Data table
- Notes
- Essay on sources
- Index.