City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
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| Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Jerald Podair
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| Physical Properties |
| Format:Paperback / softback | | Pages:384 | | Dimensions(mm): Height 235,Width 156 |
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| Category/Genre | Sporting venues
Baseball |
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| ISBN/Barcode |
9780691192796
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| Classifications | Dewey:796.35709 |
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| Illustrations |
20 b/w illus.
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Publishing Details |
| Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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| Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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| Publication Date |
9 July 2019 |
| Publication Country |
United States
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Description
A vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los Angeles When Walter O'Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a new ballpark, he ignited a bitter half-decade dispute over the future of a rapidly changing city. For the first time, City of Dreams tells the ful
Author Biography
Jerald Podair is professor of history and the Robert S. French Professor of American Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He is the author of The Strike That Changed New York and Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer.
Reviews"Winner of the 2018 Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal, Society for American Baseball Research" "Finalist for the 2018 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, Pen American Center"
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