01928nam a2200361 a 4500 ebr10256370 CaPaEBR m u cr cn||||||||| 060620s2007 mdua sb 001 0 eng 2006019856 080188554X (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780801885549 (hardcover : alk. paper) CaPaEBR CaPaEBR (OCoLC)654537146 n-us-ny HD8039.T162 U636 2007eb 388.4/13214097471 22 Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946- Taxi! [electronic resource] : a social history of the New York City cabdriver / Graham Russell Gao Hodges. Social history of the New York City cabdriver 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. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2013. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries. 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. local ebrary, Inc. http://site.ebrary.com/lib/rucke/Doc?id=10256370 An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view 33765 33765