City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
City of Dreams: Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles
By (Author) Jerald Podair
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
17th September 2019
United States
Classifications
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Sporting venues
History of the Americas
796.35709
Physical Properties
Paperback
384
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
A vivid history of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform Los Angeles When Walter O'Malley moved his Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a new ballpark, he ignited a bitter half-decade dispute over the future of a rapidly changing city. For the first time, City of Dreams tells the ful
Reviews
"Winner of the 2018 Dr. Harold and Dorothy Seymour Medal, Society for American Baseball Research"
"Finalist for the 2018 PEN/ESPN Award for Literary Sports Writing, Pen American Center"
Author Bio
Jerald Podair is professor of history and the Robert S. French Professor of American Studies at Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. He is the author of The Strike That Changed New York and Bayard Rustin: American Dreamer.
