عنوان

LA sports :

(Number (ISBN

1610756290

(Number (ISBN

9781610756297

Erroneous ISBN

1682260526

Erroneous ISBN

9781682260524

Title Proper

LA sports :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

play, games, and community in the City of Angels /

First Statement of Responsibility

edited by Wayne Wilson and David K. Wiggins.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[Fayetteville, Ark.] :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

University of Arkansas Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

[2018]

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2018

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource

Series Title

Sport, culture & society

Text of Note

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 1, 2017).

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Text of Note

Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "I Love LA": The Sporting Culture of Los Angeles / Mark Dyreson -- 1. The Life Cycles of Sports Venues in Los Angeles: Sports and Local Economic Development / Greg Andranovich and Matthew J. Burbank -- 2. On Los Chorizeros, the Classic, and El Tri: Sports and Community in Mexican Los Angeles / Luis Alvarez -- 3. Pitches Less Than Perfect: Notes on the Landscape of Soccer in Los Angeles / Jennifer Doyle -- 4. Figure Skating in Southern California: From Frontier to Epicenter / Susan Brownell -- 5. Sports Car Paradise: Racing in Los Angeles / Jeremy R. Kinney -- 6. Professional Football in the City of Angels: The Game Moves West / Raymond Schmidt -- 7. The 1932 Olympics: Spectacle and Growth in Interwar Los Angeles / Sean Dinces -- 8. "Never Go Back": Pasadena Racial Politics and the Robinson Brothers / Gregory Kaliss -- 9. Reel Sports: Hollywood Stars at Play in LA / Daniel A. Nathan -- 10. Behind the Curtain: Leadership, Ingenuity, and Culture in the Making of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Showtime, and the Laker Dynasty / Scott N. Brooks -- 11. The Golden Games: The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics / Matthew P. Llewellyn, Toby C. Rider, and John Gleaves -- 12. Shaping the Boom: Los Angeles Surfing from George Freeth to Gidget / Tolga Ozyurtcu -- 13. The Halcyon Days of Muscle Beach: An Origin Story / Jan Todd -- 14. I Was Standing There All the While: Jim Murray and the Birth of a Sports Mecca / Ted Geltner -- 15. Vin Scully: The Voice of Los Angeles / Elliott J. Gorn and Allison Lauterbach Dale -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index.

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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."--

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

JSTOR

Stock Number

22573/ctt1x71jjv

International Standard Book Number

9781682260524

Sports-- California-- Los Angeles-- Sociological aspects-- History.

GAMES-- Gambling-- Sports.

SPORTS & RECREATION-- Business Aspects.

SPORTS & RECREATION-- Essays.

SPORTS & RECREATION-- History.

SPORTS & RECREATION-- Reference.

Sports-- Sociological aspects.

TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Sports.

California, Los Angeles.

7

GAM-- 004050

HIS036140

SOC026030

SPO-- 012000

SPO-- 019000

SPO-- 033000

SPO-- 068000

SPO000000

SPO012000

TRV-- 026080

Number

Edition

Class number

Wiggins, David Kenneth,1951-

Wilson, Wayne,1950-

Date of Transaction

20200823052214.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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