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

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1. Verfasser: Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-
Körperschaft: ebrary, Inc
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007.
Schlagworte:
Taxicab drivers > New York (State) > New York > History.
Taxicab drivers > New York (State) > New York > Social conditions.
Taxicabs > New York (State) > New York > History.
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Inhaltsangabe:
  • 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.

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