Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-249) and index.
Contents
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.