| The Detroit Tigers: Club and Community, 1945-1995 Contributor(s): Harrigan, Patrick (Author) |
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ISBN: 0802079032 ISBN-13: 9780802079039 Publisher: University of Toronto Press OUR PRICE: $47.45 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1997 Annotation: Baseball embarked on a new era after the Second World War. It was a period of recovery and prosperity that brought with it new issues emanating more from postwar American society than from within baseball itself. This period witnessed the spread of major-league baseball across the nation and the rising popularity of professional and amateur baseball, followed quickly by declines in attendance at both the major- and minor-league levels. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Baseball - History |
| Dewey: 796.357 |
| LCCN: 97147703 |
| Physical Information: 1.3" H x 6" W x 8.98" (1.46 lbs) 496 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Locality - Detroit, Michigan - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This study of the Detroit Tigers over a half-century demonstrates how baseball has reflected the fortunes of America's postwar urban society. Patrick Harrigan shows that the declining fortunes of this franchise have been inextricably linked with those of its city and surrounding community. Attention is paid to major on-field exploits, but the focus is on the development of the ball club as a corporate enterprise and its symbiotic relationship with metropolitan Detroit. The Detroit Tigers is the most complete view of the finances of any sports organization yet published. It also illustrates baseball's human dimension. Harrigan has conducted more than a hundred interviews with former players, their wives, team executives, media personalities, sports writers, and politicians and uncovered many previously unused sources to give us a vivid portrayal of a sport and its far-reaching influence. |
Contributor Bio(s): Harrigan, Patrick: - Patrick Harrigan is a Professor at the Department of History, University of Waterloo. |
