The rise of stadiums in the modern United States : cathedrals of sport / edited by Mark Dyreson, Robert Trumpbour.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dyreson, Mark, 1959- editor.

Trumpbour, Robert C., editor.

Series:

Sport in the global society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Stadiums--United States.

Stadiums.

Sports spectators--United States.

Sports spectators.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 volume ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge, 2013.

Summary:

This book offers original interpretations of the 'built environments' that shape sport in US society. It details the complex political, economic, social, and cultural issues that shaped the construction of the nation's most iconic modern buildings-the new American secular cathedrals.

Contents:

Prologue

Cathedrals of sport: Mapping new territories / Mark Dyreson

Setting the scene: bridging the gap between knowledge and practice: when Americans really built programmes to foster healthy lifestyles, 1918-1940 / Robert J. Park

Far more than commercialism: stadium building from Harvard's innovations to Stanford's 'Dirt Bowl' / Ronald A. Smith

If we build it will they come? the plans for a national stadium and American Olympic desires / Mark Dyreson

'Ivy-Coloured Glasses': the myth of Wrigley Field / Gregg Twietmeyer

Stadiums, boosters, politicians and major league baseball's reluctance to expand: an exploration of post-second World War US trends / Michael Lomax

From 'The Finest Ballpark in America' to 'The Jewel of the Waterfront': the construction of San Francisco's major league baseball stadiums / Maureen M. Smith

If they built it? Stadium drams and rustbelt realities in Cleveland / Philip Suchma

Civil rights and sports landmarks: Discrimination, jobs and activism in the construction of Pittsburgh's Three Rivers Stadium / Robert Trumpbour

Epilogue: Cathedrals of sport: Reflections on the past, present and future / Robert Trumpbour.

Notes:

Originally published: 2010.

ISBN:

9780415853811

0415853818

OCLC:

824532285