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Taxi! : a social history of the New York City cabdriver

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Taxi! : a social history of the New York City cabdriver / Graham Russell Gao Hodges.

Author

Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-

Publication

Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.

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Description

viii, 225 p., [8] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.

Alternative Title

Social history of the New York City cabdriver

Subjects

Taxicabs > New York (State) > New York > History
Taxicab drivers > New York (State) > New York > History
Taxicab drivers > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [189]-211) and index.

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.

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