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" LA sports : "
edited by Wayne Wilson and David K. Wiggins.
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855256
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LA sports : : play, games, and community in the City of Angels /\ edited by Wayne Wilson and David K. Wiggins.
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[Fayetteville, Ark.] :: University of Arkansas Press,, [2018]
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, ©2018
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| Series Statement
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Sport, culture & society
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1 online resource
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| ISBN
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1610756290
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: 9781610756297
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1682260526
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9781682260524
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed December 1, 2017).
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Intro -- Contents -- Series Editor's Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction. "I Love LA": The Sporting Culture of Los Angeles / Mark Dyreson -- 1. The Life Cycles of Sports Venues in Los Angeles: Sports and Local Economic Development / Greg Andranovich and Matthew J. Burbank -- 2. On Los Chorizeros, the Classic, and El Tri: Sports and Community in Mexican Los Angeles / Luis Alvarez -- 3. Pitches Less Than Perfect: Notes on the Landscape of Soccer in Los Angeles / Jennifer Doyle -- 4. Figure Skating in Southern California: From Frontier to Epicenter / Susan Brownell -- 5. Sports Car Paradise: Racing in Los Angeles / Jeremy R. Kinney -- 6. Professional Football in the City of Angels: The Game Moves West / Raymond Schmidt -- 7. The 1932 Olympics: Spectacle and Growth in Interwar Los Angeles / Sean Dinces -- 8. "Never Go Back": Pasadena Racial Politics and the Robinson Brothers / Gregory Kaliss -- 9. Reel Sports: Hollywood Stars at Play in LA / Daniel A. Nathan -- 10. Behind the Curtain: Leadership, Ingenuity, and Culture in the Making of Earvin "Magic" Johnson, Showtime, and the Laker Dynasty / Scott N. Brooks -- 11. The Golden Games: The 1984 Los Angeles Olympics / Matthew P. Llewellyn, Toby C. Rider, and John Gleaves -- 12. Shaping the Boom: Los Angeles Surfing from George Freeth to Gidget / Tolga Ozyurtcu -- 13. The Halcyon Days of Muscle Beach: An Origin Story / Jan Todd -- 14. I Was Standing There All the While: Jim Murray and the Birth of a Sports Mecca / Ted Geltner -- 15. Vin Scully: The Voice of Los Angeles / Elliott J. Gorn and Allison Lauterbach Dale -- Notes -- Contributors -- Index.
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"LA Sports brings together sixteen essays covering various aspects of the development and changing nature of sport in one of America's most fascinating and famous cities. The writers cover a range of topics, including the history of car racing and ice skating, the development of sport venues, the power of the Mexican fan base in American soccer leagues, the intersecting life stories of Jackie and Mack Robinson, the importance of the Showtime Lakers, the origins of Muscle Beach and surfing, sport in Hollywood films, and more."--
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Sports-- California-- Los Angeles-- Sociological aspects-- History.
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GAMES-- Gambling-- Sports.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Essays.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- History.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Reference.
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Sports-- Sociological aspects.
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Sports.
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California, Los Angeles.
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| Dewey Classification
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796./0979494
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GV584.5.L7
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Wiggins, David Kenneth,1951-
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Wilson, Wayne,1950-
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