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

Main Author: Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
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Online Access:http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10256370
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300 |a viii, 225 p. :  |b ill. 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 0 |a 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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