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David K. Wiggins LA Sports (Paperback) Sport, Culture, and Society (UK IMPORT)
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- Book Title
- LA Sports
- Publication Name
- Sports : Play, Games, and Community in the City of Angels
- Title
- LA Sports
- Subtitle
- Play, Games, and Community in the City of Angels
- Contributor
- Wayne Wilson (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9781682260524
- ISBN
- 9781682260524
- Publisher
- University of Arkansas Press
- Genre
- Sports & Hobbies
- Release Date
- 28/02/2018
- Release Year
- 2018
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 1in
- Item Length
- 8.9in
- Item Weight
- 20 Oz
- Series
- Sport, Culture, and Society Ser.
- Publication Year
- 2018
- Type
- Textbook
- Item Width
- 6in
- Number of Pages
- 376 Pages
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LA Sports brings together sixteen essays covering various aspects of the development and changing nature of sport in one of America's most fascinating and famous cities. The writers cover a range of topics, including the history of car racing and ice skating, the development of sport venues, the power of the Mexican fan base in American soccer leagues, the intersecting life stories of Jackie and Mack Robinson, the importance of the Showtime Lakers, the origins of Muscle Beach and surfing, sport in Hollywood films, and more.
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Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
ISBN-10
1682260526
ISBN-13
9781682260524
eBay Product ID (ePID)
240349662
Product Key Features
Publication Name
Sports : Play, Games, and Community in the City of Angels
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2018
Series
Sport, Culture, and Society Ser.
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
376 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.9in
Item Height
1in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
20 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Gv584.5.L7l33 2018
Reviews
" LA Sports tells the story of a major phenomenon in one of modernity's most spellbinding cities. Compiled by leading experts, with a refreshing blend of academic and personal approaches, this volume offers a range of insights. From soccer to figure skating, sports cars to surfing, not to mention the twin Olympics with which the city is identified worldwide, it is the perfect introduction/companion to the multifaceted reach of sport in Southern California." --Christopher Young, University of Cambridge, "LA Sports tells the story of a major phenomenon in one of modernity's most spellbinding cities. Compiled by leading experts, with a refreshing blend of academic and personal approaches, this volume offers a range of insights. From soccer to figure skating, sports cars to surfing, not to mention the twin Olympics with which the city is identified worldwide, it is the perfect introduction/companion to the multifaceted reach of sport in Southern California."--Christopher Young, University of Cambridge "This is an important and groundbreaking collection of essays on sport in Los Angeles. Scholars from a range of disciplines engage with diverse sports across the metropolis. Themes of race, ethnicity, gender, and class underpin this timely contribution to our understanding of sport in the City of Angels."--Chris Bolsmann, California State University, Northridge "An impressive effort . . . highly original, deeply researched, and thoroughly engaged with the fields of urban and sporting history."--Robert Edelman, University of California, San Diego, "This is an important and groundbreaking collection of essays on sport in Los Angeles. Scholars from a range of disciplines engage with diverse sports across the metropolis. Themes of race, ethnicity, gender, and class underpin this timely contribution to our understanding of sport in the City of Angels." --Chris Bolsmann, California State University, Northridge, "Although it is often celebrated for its sunshine, palm trees, and movie stars, Los Angeles also boasts a rich sporting history. Through compiling the essays for this volume, Wayne Wilson and David K. Wiggins offer an insightful cross-section of the city's sporting culture. From biographical essays to analyses of specific sporting events, there is something in this collection for every sports enthusiast, sports scholar, and sports historian." --Bennie Niles IV, Journal of Sport History , Volume 47, Number 2, Summer 2020, "An impressive effort . . . highly original, deeply researched, and thoroughly engaged with the fields of urban and sporting history." --Robert Edelman, University of California, San Diego, " LA Sports is a microcosm of the future of America woven into its various essays. It focuses heavily on multiculturalism, and how fair it can be on the playing field and yet so far removed in the community-at-large. It does an admirable job in deciphering the reality, while exposing the myths." --Rich Macales, Sport in American History , June 2018, "The overall theme in LA Sports , is the city, which ties the sports, athletes, and fans together. The book is an informative and interesting examination of sports in Los Angeles." --Amy Essington, The Journal of American History , September 2019
Table of Content
Introduction "I Love LA": The Sporting Culture of Los Angeles 1. The Life Cycles of Sports Venues in Los Angeles: Sports and Local Economic Development 2. On Los Chorizeros, the Classic, and El Tri: Sports and Community in Mexican Los Angeles 3. Pitches Less Than Perfect: Notes on the Landscape of Soccer in Los Angeles 4. Figure Skating in Southern California: From Frontier to Epicenter 5. Sports Car Paradise: Racing in Los Angeles 6. Professional Football in the City of Angels: The Game Moves West 7. The 1932 Olympics: Spectacle and Growth in Interwar Los Angeles 8. "Never Go Back": Pasadena Racial Politics and the Robinson Brothers 9. Reel Sports: Hollywood Stars at Play in LA 10. Behind the Curtain: Leadership, Ingenuity, and Culture in the Making of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Showtime, and the Laker Dynasty 11. The Golden Games: The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics 12. Shaping the Boom: Los Angeles Surfing from George Freeth to Gidget 13. The Halcyon Days of Muscle Beach: An Origin Story 14. I Was Standing There All the While: Jim Murray and the Birth of a Sports Mecca 15. Vin Scully: The Voice of Los Angeles
Copyright Date
2018
Topic
Sociology of Sports, General, Essays, Sociology / Urban
Lccn
2017-947017
Dewey Decimal
796.0979494
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes
Genre
Sports & Recreation, Social Science
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