Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-

Taxi! a social history of the New York City cabdriver / [electronic resource] : Social history of the New York City cabdriver Graham Russell Gao Hodges. - Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007. - viii, 225 p. : ill.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.






Taxicab drivers--History.--New York (State)--New York
Taxicab drivers--Social conditions.--New York (State)--New York
Taxicabs--History.--New York (State)--New York


Electronic books.

HD8039.T162 / U636 2007

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