To Every Thing a Season Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909-1976 / Bruce Kuklick.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kuklick, Bruce, 1941-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conditions.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia.

Philadelphia (Pa.)--Social conditions.

Philadelphia (Pa.).

Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team).

Shibe Park (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Local Subjects:

Philadelphia Athletics (Baseball team).

Shibe Park (Philadelphia, Pa.).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (272 pages)

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, op. 1991.

Summary:

Shibe Park was demolished in 1976, and today its site is surrounded by the devastation of North Philadelphia. Kuklick, however, vividly evokes the feelings people had about the home of the Philadelphia Athletics and later the Phillies.

Contents:

Cover Page

Half-title Page

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication Page

Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part I. 1909-1932

1. Ben Shibe and Shibe Park

2. The Athletics and North City, 1909-1923

3. Days of Glory, 1924-1932

Part II. 1929-1954

4. Shibe Park and Depression Era Conflict

5. Tenants and Renters

6. Baseball and Business

7. The Mack Family and Shibe Park, 1946-1954

Part III. 1953-1976

8. Connie Mack Stadium, 1953-1970

9. Race Relations

10. Urban Renewal?

11. Last Days, 1969-1976

Epilogue: Common Ground

Essay on Sources and Notes

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-691-04788-X

OCLC:

1223100856