Hodges Taxi!

A Social History of the New York City Cabdriver
revised Auflage
ISBN: 978-1-4214-3780-4
Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 0 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Why the cabdriver is the real victim of the false promises of Uber and the gig economy.

2007 Noteworthy Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton University Industrial Relations Section

Hailed in its first edition as a classic study of New York City's history and people, Graham Russell Gao Hodges's Taxi! is a remarkable evocation of the forgotten history of the taxi driver. This deftly woven narrative captures the spirit of New York City cabdrivers and their hardscrabble struggle to capture a piece of the American dream.

From labor unrest and racial strife to ruthless competition and political machinations, Hodges recounts this history through contemporary news accounts, Hollywood films, and the words of the cabbies themselves. A new preface recalls the author's five years of hacking in New York City in the early 1970s, and a new concluding chapter explores the rise of app-based ridesharing services with the arrival of companies like Uber and Lyft. Sharply criticizing the use of the independent contractor model that is the cornerstone of Uber and the gig economy, Hodges argues that the explosion of for-hire vehicles in Manhattan reversed decades of environmental anti-congestion efforts. He calls for a return to the careful regulations that governed taxicabs for decades and provided a modest yet secure living for cabbies.

Whether or not you've ever hailed a cab on Broadway, Taxi! provides a fascinating perspective on New York's most colorful emissaries.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hodges, Graham Russell Gao

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte Regionalgeschichte der USA: Einzelne Staaten, Städte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface to the Revised Edition
Acknowledgments
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, 1950-1980
6. Unionization and Its Discontents, 1960-1980
7. The Lease Driver and Proletarian, 1980-2006
8. The Ridesharing Era, 2010-2019
Appendix. Data Tables
Notes
Essay on Sources
Index
Illustrations follow page XXX

Über Autor(innen)

Hodges, Graham Russell Gao
Graham 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.

Graham Russell Gao Hodges, who drove a New York City cab for five years in the 1970s, is the George Dorland Langdon Jr. Professor of History and Africana Studies at Colgate University. He is the author or editor of seventeen books, including Black New Jersey: 1664 to the Present Day and Anna May Wong: From Laundryman's Daughter to Hollywood Legend.