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

Author/creator Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBaltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press,
Descriptionviii, 225 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Portion of title Social history of the New York City cabdriver
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.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2006019856
ISBN080188554X (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801885549 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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