Many Americans know more about the stadiums that loom over their
cityscapes or college campuses than they do about any other aspect
of the nation's geography. Stadiums serve as iconic monuments of
urban and university identities. Indeed, the power of sport in
modern American culture has produced 'sportscapes'-landscapes
literally shaped by their devotion to athletic competition.
Curiously, given the importance of the secular cathedrals in
American culture, historians have paid little attention to these
edifices. The Rise of Stadiums in the Modern United States:
Cathedrals of Sport seeks to remedy that oversight. This book will
analyze stadiums from a variety of perspectives, paying special
attention to the links between the 'built environment' in which
Americans watch and play games and the larger social environments
that the nation's sporting practices inhabit. The Rise of Stadiums
in the Modern United States: Cathedrals of Sport explores the role
of stadiums in shaping urban identities, determining the economics
of intercollegiate athletics, influencing local and national
politics. This book was previously published as a special issue of
the International Journal of the History of Sport.
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