| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xx, 250 pages) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"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 |
| Note |
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 05, 2020). |
| Contents |
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, 1950-1980 -- Unionization and its discontents, 1960-1980 -- The lease driver and proletarian, 1980-2006 -- The Uber era, 2010-2019. |
| Subject |
Taxicab drivers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Taxicab drivers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions.
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Taxicabs -- New York (State) -- New York -- History.
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Ridesharing -- New York (State) -- New York.
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Ridesharing. (OCoLC)fst01097753
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Taxicab drivers. (OCoLC)fst01144026
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Taxicabs. (OCoLC)fst01144037
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Title |
Social history of the New York City cabdriver |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 1421437791 9781421437798 (OCoLC)1111784561 |
| ISBN |
9781421437804 (electronic book) |
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1421437805 (electronic book) |
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