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In Modern Coliseum, Benjamin D. Lisle tracks changes in stadium design and culture since World War II. Featuring over seventy-five images documenting the transformation of the American stadium over time, Modern Coliseum will be of interest to a variety of readers, from urban and architectural historians to sports fans.

Table of Contents

Introduction. Stadiums for the Affluent Society
Chapter 1. Urban Intimacy, Urban Anxiety: Stadium Culture and the Old City
Chapter 2. Fiction and Function: New Spaces for Sport in the 1950s
Chapter 3. From Tenements to Suburbs: The Domestication of the Modern Stadium
Chapter 4. Past to Future: The Stadium and Modern Progress
Chapter 5. Downtown Playground: The Stadium as Urban Renewal
Chapter 6. Machines for Sport: The Stadium Since the 1970s
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments

Modern Coliseum

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      Publisher University of Pennsylvania Press
      Published 5 July 2017
      ISBN-13 9780812249224
      978-0812249224
      ISBN-10 0812249224
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      Architecture: public and commercial Sporting venues

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      In Modern Coliseum, Benjamin D. Lisle tracks changes in stadium design and culture since World War II. Featuring over seventy-five images documenting the transformation of the American stadium over time, Modern Coliseum will be of interest to a variety of readers, from urban and architectural historians to sports fans.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction. Stadiums for the Affluent Society
      Chapter 1. Urban Intimacy, Urban Anxiety: Stadium Culture and the Old City
      Chapter 2. Fiction and Function: New Spaces for Sport in the 1950s
      Chapter 3. From Tenements to Suburbs: The Domestication of the Modern Stadium
      Chapter 4. Past to Future: The Stadium and Modern Progress
      Chapter 5. Downtown Playground: The Stadium as Urban Renewal
      Chapter 6. Machines for Sport: The Stadium Since the 1970s
      Notes
      Index
      Acknowledgments

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