New York Cab Driver and His Fare

ISBN-13: 9780870739262 / Angielski / Miękka / 1976 / 197 str.

Charles Vidich

Opis

Using information that has never been collected before, along with many interviews with cab drivers (or "hacks"), Charles Vidich has written a basic work on the New York City cab drivers that also gives their fares a "Manual for Survival." Cab drivers are quoted by newspaper columnists, politicians, and at numberless dinner parties; yet a hard look at the profession and its role in the transportation system of the city has been completely lacking. The conflicts between the hack's position as dispenser of a public service and his needs as a working person subjected to violence and pressure are brought out in clear language by Mr. Vidich. A more enjoyable introduction to an industry whose members are practically a folk tradition is difficult to imagine; at the same time, the book provides insight into the history and sociology of an important urban institution. The New York Cab Driver and His Fare is obviously about New York City-but it is also about cab drivers everywhere, and cab drivers and fares in all cities have a handbook in this volume.

Spis treści

Introduction; 1: Beating The System; 2: Beating The Hack's System; 3: Organization Of The Taxi Industry; 4: Genealogy Of Unionization; 5: Unionization Reconsidered; 6: Economics Of The Industry; 7: Economics Of The Driver; 8: Growth Of The Gypsy; 9: Decline Of The Medallion Industry; 10: Conclusion

O autorze

Charles Vidich