Gebundenes Buch

The Rise of Stadiums in the Modern United States

Cathedrals of Sport

Herausgeber: Dyreson, Mark; Trumpbour, Robert

Beschreibung

This book offers original interpretations of the 'built environments' that shape sport in U.S. society. The volume details the complex political, economic, social, and cultural issues that shaped the construction of the nation's most iconic modern buildings - the new American secular cathedrals.

Autor

Mark Dyreson is an associate professor of kinesiology and an affiliate professor of history at Pennsylvania State University. He has published more than fifty journal articles and book chapters and several books including Making the American Team: Sport, Culture and the Olympic Experience (University of Illinois Press, 1998), Crafting Patriotism for Global Dominance: America at the Olympics (Routledge, 2008), and, with J.A. Mangan, Sport and American Society: Insularity, Exceptionalism and 'Imperialism' (Routledge, 2007). Robert Trumpbour is assistant professor of communications at Pennsylvania State University, Altoona College. He is the author of The New Cathedrals: Politics and Media in the History of Stadium Construction (Syracuse University Press, 2007). He has written in and has been invited to speak at a variety of venues, including an invitation to Harvard Law School, on the politics of ballpark construction. Trumpbour is active in several organizations, including AEJMC, MAPACA, NASSH, and SABR.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 530g
• ISBN-13: 9780415499989
• ISBN-10: 0415499984
• Artikelnr.: 28523748