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Author:

Podair, Jerald E., 1953- author.

Title:

City of dreams : Dodger Stadium and the birth of modern Los Angeles / Jerald Podair.

Publisher:

Princeton University Press

Copyright Date:

2017

Description:

xviii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.)--History--20th century.
Los Angeles (Calif.)--History--20th century.
Los Angeles Dodgers (Baseball team)--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-352) and index.

Contents:

Preface : opening day in Los Angeles -- Roads west -- Walter O'Malley's Los Angeles -- Fighting the Dodger deal -- The referendum -- In the courts -- Whose land? -- The Arechiga dispossessions -- Private gain, public good? : the business of baseball in Los Angeles -- Building the Dodger Stadium experience -- The rise of Sam Yorty -- The modern stadium -- Epilogue : Dodger Stadium and modern Los Angeles.

ISBN:

0691125031
9780691125039

OCLC:

(OCoLC)958799676

LCCN:

2016955221

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)