Neil Demause, Joanna Cagan

Field of Schemes

How the Great Stadium Swindle Turns Public Money Into Private Profit

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Produktbeschreibung

Neil deMause is a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes regularly for the Village Voice, Extra!, and Baseball Prospectus and runs the stadium-watch Web site fieldofschemes.com. ¿ Joanna Cagan is a teacher and writer in New York City. She has written for numerous publications, including the Village Voice, the New York Times Magazine, and Interview.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jewish Publication Society
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 424
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 567g
• ISBN-13: 9780803260160
• ISBN-10: 0803260164
• Artikelnr.: 23357157

Autorenporträt

Neil deMause is a Brooklyn-based journalist who writes regularly for the Village Voice, Extra!, and Baseball Prospectus and runs the stadium-watch Web site fieldofschemes.com.   Joanna Cagan is a teacher and writer in New York City. She has written for numerous publications, including the Village Voice, the New York Times Magazine, and Interview.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface to the New Edition by Neil deMause    
Introduction: The View from the Cheap Seats   
1. A Tale of Two Inner Cities
2. Stealing Home 
3. Ball Barons   
4. The Art of the Steal
5. Deus Ex Pizza
6. Home Field Advantage
7. Local Heroes  
8. Bad Neighbors 
9. Repeat Offenders    
10. The Bucks Stop Here
11. Winning Isn't Everything 
12. Extra Innings
13. The Art of the Steal Revisited 
14. Youppi! Come Home  
15. The Perfect Storm  
16. Saving Fenway
Acknowledgments  
Notes
Index