Books > History > American history
|
Not currently available
City of Dreams - Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R642
Discovery Miles 6 420
You Save: R203
(24%)
|
|
City of Dreams - Dodger Stadium and the Birth of Modern Los Angeles (Hardcover)
Supplier out of stock. If you add this item to your wish list we will let you know when it becomes available.
|
On the sixtieth anniversary of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles,
the full story of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and
how it helped transform the city. When Walter O'Malley moved his
Brooklyn Dodgers to Los Angeles in 1957 with plans to construct a
new ballpark next to downtown, he ignited a bitter argument over
the future of a rapidly changing city. For the first time, City of
Dreams tells the full story of the controversial building of Dodger
Stadium--and how it helped create modern Los Angeles by
transforming its downtown into a vibrant cultural and entertainment
center. In a vivid narrative, Jerald Podair tells how Los Angeles
was convulsed between 1957 and 1962 over whether, where, and how to
build Dodger Stadium. Competing civic visions clashed. Would Los
Angeles be a decentralized, low-tax city of neighborhoods, as
demanded by middle-class whites on its peripheries? Or would the
baseball park be the first contribution to a revitalized downtown
that would brand Los Angeles as a national and global city, as
advocated by leaders in business, media, and entertainment?
O'Malley's vision triumphed when he opened his privately
constructed stadium on April 10, 1962--and over the past half
century it has contributed substantially to the city's civic and
financial well-being. But in order to build the stadium, O'Malley
negotiated with the city to acquire publicly owned land (from which
the city had uprooted a Mexican American community), raising
sharply contested questions about the relationship between private
profit and "public purpose." Indeed, the battle over Dodger Stadium
crystallized issues with profound implications for all American
cities, and for arguments over the meaning of equality itself.
Filled with colorful stories, City of Dreams will fascinate anyone
who is interested in the history of the Dodgers, baseball, Los
Angeles, and the modern American city.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.