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OverviewNaturally identified with the Big Apple, New York City cabdrivers hold a special place in the American folk culture writ large. Cabbies proverbially counsel, console, and confound, all the while flitting through the snarling traffic and bustling masses of the nation's largest city. Variously seen as the key to street-level opinion, a source of reliable information, or mysterious savants who don't speak much English, the hacks who move New Yorkers have been integral to the city's growth and culture since the mid-nineteenth century when they first began shuttling residents, workers, and visitors in horse-drawn carriages. Their importance grew with the introduction of gasoline-powered cars early last century and continues to the present day, when more than 12,000 licensed yellow cabs operate in Manhattan alone. Taxi! is the first book-length history of New York City cabdrivers and the community they compose. From labor unrest and racial strife to ruthless competition and political machinations, this deftly woven narrative captures the people-lower-class immigrants for the most part-and their hardscrabble struggle to capture a piece of the American dream. Hodges tells the tale through contemporary news accounts, Hollywood films, social science research, and the words of the cabbies themselves. Whether or not you've ever hailed a cab on Broadway, Taxi! provides a fascinating new perspective on New York's most colorful emissaries. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Graham Russell Gao Hodges (Colgate University)Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press Imprint: Johns Hopkins University Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.476kg ISBN: 9780801885549ISBN 10: 080188554 Pages: 240 Publication Date: 16 April 2007 Recommended Age: From 18 years Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational , Undergraduate Replaced By: 9781421437798 Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print  Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. The Creation of the Taxi Man, 1907–1920 2. Hack Men in the Jazz Age, 1920–1930 3. The Search for Order during the Depression, 1930–1940 4. Prosperity during Wartime, 1940–1950 5. The Creation of the Classic Cabby, 1950–1960 6. Unionization and Its Discontents, 1960–1980 7. The Lease Driver and Proletarian, 1980–2006 Epilogue Appendix: Data Tables Notes Essay on Sources IndexReviews<p>In this informative, solid history, Graham Russell Gao Hodges traces the story of the cab drivers from 1907, when the first metered taxis appeared on New York streets, to the present.--Pete Hamill New York Times Book Review (01/01/2007) <p>In this informative, solid history, Graham Russell Gao Hodges traces the story of the cab drivers from 1907, when the first metered taxis appeared on New York streets, to the present.--Pete Hamill New York Times Book Review (01/01/0001) Hodges draws from driver memoirs, taxi publications, and the drivers' image as seen in the movies and on television. This is an interesting, readable study of the role of the taxis in New York's history, especially the struggles the drivers face. -- Choice Author InformationGraham Russell Gao Hodges, a former New York City cabdriver, is the Distinguished Fulbright Professor of History at Peking University and the George Dorland Langdon, Jr. Professor of History at Colgate University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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