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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Autor principal: Hodges, Graham Russell
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Taxifahrer
Soziale Situation
Taxicabs.
Taxicab drivers.
TRANSPORTATION > Public Transportation.
Chauffeurs de taxi > New York (État) > New York > Conditions sociales.
Chauffeurs de taxi > New York (État) > New York > Histoire.
Taxicabs > New York (State) > New York > History.
Taxicab drivers > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Taxicab drivers > New York (State) > New York > History.
New York, NY
New York (State) > New York.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Creation of the Taxi Man, 1907â€?1920 -- 2. Hack Men in the Jazz Age, 1920â€?1930 -- 3. The Search for Order during the Depression, 1930â€?1940 -- 4. Prosperity during Wartime, 1940â€?1950 -- 5. The Creation of the Classic Cabby, 1950â€?1960 -- 6. Unionization and Its Discontents, 1960â€?1980 -- 7. The Lease Driver and Proletarian, 1980â€?2006 -- Epilogue -- Appendix. Data Tables -- Notes -- Essay on Sources -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M 
505 0 |a NO -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z -- Illustrations 
520 1 |a "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. 
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