Description
Book SynopsisIn 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 ContentsIntroduction. 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
