Research Catalog

Title

Home team : professional sports and the American metropolis / Michael N. Danielson.

Author

Danielson, Michael N.

Publication

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [1997], ©1997.

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Description

xx, 397 pages : maps; 25 cm

Summary

• "Most books that study professional sports concentrate on teams and leagues. In contrast, Home Team studies the connections between professional team sports in North America and the places where teams play. It examines the relationships between the four major professional team sports - baseball, basketball, football, and hockey - and the cities that attach their names, their hearts, and their increasing amount of tax dollars to big league teams."--BOOK JACKET.
• "Michael Danielson is particularly interested in the political aspects of the connections between professional sports teams and cities."--BOOK JACKET. "Home Team collects a vast amount of data, much of it difficult to find elsewhere, including information on the relocation of franchises, expansion teams, new leagues, stadium development, and the political influence of the rich cast of characters involved in the ongoing contests over where teams will play and who will pay."--BOOK JACKET.

Subjects

• Sports and state > United States
• Sports > United States > Sociological aspects
• Sports > Economic aspects > United States

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-377) and index.

Contents

Ch. 1. Places to Play -- Ch. 2. Urban Games -- Ch. 3. Market Tests -- Ch. 4. Private Businesses -- Ch. 5. Business Partners -- Ch. 6. Teams in Leagues -- Ch. 7. Big League Cities -- Ch. 8. Competing for Teams -- Ch. 9. Changing Places -- Ch. 10. Playing for Keeps -- Ch. 11. The Expanding Realm -- Ch. 12. Making the Cut -- Ch. 13. Back Door Play -- Ch. 14. Ballpark Figures -- Ch. 15. Newer, Bigger, Better -- Ch. 16. Political Players -- Ch. 17. Political Contests -- Ch. 18. Private Games and Public Stakes.

ISBN

0691036500 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

96035200

OCLC

• 35397761
• ocm35397761

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries