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Taxi!

by Hodges, Graham Russell,
Additional authors: ebrary, Inc.
Published by : Johns Hopkins University Press, (Baltimore :) Physical details: viii, 225 p. : ill.
Subject(s): Taxicab drivers -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. | Taxicab drivers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Social conditions. | Taxicabs -- New York (State) -- New York -- History. | Electronic books.
Year: 2007
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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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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