Home Team : : Professional Sports and the American Metropolis / / Michael N. Danielson.
Most books that study professional sports concentrate on teams and leagues. In contrast, Home Team studies the connections between professional team sports in North America and the places where teams play. It examines the relationships between the four major professional team sports--baseball, baske...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2021] ©1997 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (424 p.) :; 20 halftones, 13 line illus., 13 tables |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Tables
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations
- Preface to the Paperback Edition
- Preface
- Chapter One Places to Play
- Chapter Two Urban Games
- Chapter Three Market Tests
- Chapter Four Private Businesses
- Chapter Five Business Partners
- Chapter Six Teams in Leagues
- Chapter Seven Big League Cities
- Chapter Eight Competing for Teams
- Chapter Nine Changing Places
- Chapter Ten Playing for Keeps
- Chapter Eleven The Expanding Realm
- Chapter Twelve Making the Cut
- Chapter Thirteen Back Door Play
- Chapter Fourteen Ballpark Figures
- Chapter Fifteen Newer, Bigger, Better
- Chapter Sixteen Political Players
- Chapter Seventeen Political Contests
- Chapter Eighteen Private Games and Public Stakes
- Appendix Places and Team Names
- Notes
- Note on Sources
- Index