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Taxi! : cabs and capitalism in New York City

Title: Taxi! : cabs and capitalism in New York City / Biju Mathew.
Author: Mathew, Biju.
Publication: Ithaca : ILR Press, c2008.

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Description

xiv, 258 p.; 19 cm.

Series Statement

Cornell paperbacks

Subject

Taxicabs > New York (State) > New York
Taxicab drivers > Labor unions > New York (State) > New York
Strikes and lockouts > Transport workers > New York (State) > New York

Note

First published: New York : New Press, 2005.

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.

Contents

Prologue: The distance between two victories -- Roots of victory : the taxi strikes of 1998 -- Horse hiring : abolition and return -- The age of greed, or, What's neoliberalism got to do with it? -- The reinvention of the yellow cab -- Punish and discipline : race in the new urban space -- The borders of globalization : negotiating the metropolis -- Imperial amnesia -- Epilogue: Tracking taxis, worker autonomy, and new labor strategies.

Call Number

JFC 09-226

ISBN

9780801474392 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801474396 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008012852

OCLC

213765889

Author

Mathew, Biju.

Title

Taxi! : cabs and capitalism in New York City / Biju Mathew.

Imprint

Ithaca : ILR Press, c2008.

Edition

Cornell ed.

Series

Cornell paperbacks

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.

Research Call Number

JFC 09-226

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