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
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.