Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reihe: Sport, Culture, and Society
Play, Games, and Community in the City of Angels
Buch, Englisch, 376 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 544 g
Reihe: Sport, Culture, and Society
ISBN: 978-1-68226-052-4
Verlag: University of Arkansas Press
Autoren/Hrsg.
Weitere Infos & Material
- 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