Taxi! a social history of the New York City cabdriver - Hodges, Graham Russell, 1946-; ProQuest (Firm) (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Keywords: 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