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Taxi! : a social history of the New York City cabdriver / Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
Author
Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Description
viii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Firestone Library - Stacks
HD8039.T162 U636 2007
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Subject(s)
Taxicab drivers
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New York (State)
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New York
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History
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Taxicab drivers
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New York (State)
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New York
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Social conditions
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Taxicabs
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History
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Summary note
"Taxi! is the first book-length history of New York City cabdrivers and the community they compose. From labor unrest and racial strife among cabbies to ruthless competition and political machinations, this narrative captures the people - lower-class immigrants for the most part - and their hardscrabble struggle to capture a piece of the American dream. Graham Russell Gao Hodges tells their tale through contemporary news accounts, Hollywood films, social science research, and the words of the cabbies themselves."--Jacket.
Bibliographic references
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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Social history of the New York City cabdriver
ISBN
080188554X ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
9780801885549 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
LCCN
2006019856
OCLC
70158432
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