Mathew, Biju, 1963-

Taxi! : cabs and capitalism in New York City / Biju Mathew. - Cornell ed. - Ithaca : ILR Press, c2008. - xiv, 258 p. ; 19 cm. - Cornell paperbacks .

First published: New York : New Press, 2005.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [233]-249) and index.

Prologue: The distance between two victories -- Roots of victory : the taxi strikes of 1998 -- Horse hiring : abolition and return -- The age of greed, or, What's neoliberalism got to do with it? -- The reinvention of the yellow cab -- Punish and discipline : race in the new urban space -- The borders of globalization : negotiating the metropolis -- Imperial amnesia -- Epilogue: Tracking taxis, worker autonomy, and new labor strategies.

9780801474392 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0801474396 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Taxicabs--New York (State)--New York.
Taxicab drivers--Labor unions--New York (State)--New York.
Strikes and lockouts--Transport workers--New York (State)--New York.

HE5614.4.N7 / M38 2008

388.4/13214097471