Taxi! : a social history of the New York City cabdriver /

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"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 har...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Edición:Revised edition.
Temas:
Taxicab drivers > New York (State) > New York > History.
Taxicab drivers > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Taxicabs > New York (State) > New York > History.
Ridesharing > New York (State) > New York.
Chauffeurs de taxi > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Chauffeurs de taxi > New York (État) > New York > Conditions sociales.
Covoiturage > New York (État) > New York.
Ridesharing
Taxicab drivers
Taxicabs
New York (State) > New York
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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