Taxi!: a social history of the New York City cabdriver / Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
2007
HD8039.T162 U636 2007
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Title Taxi!: a social history of the New York City cabdriver / Graham Russell Gao Hodges.
Author Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
ISBN 080188554X (hardcover : alk. paper)
9780801885549 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Publication Details Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Language English
Description viii, 225 p. : ill.
Call Number HD8039.T162 U636 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification 388.4/13214097471
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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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