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“Speed Capital is a fabulous history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ingrassia peels back layers of asphalt, meaning, and memory to reveal the significance of the city and its brick track to American technology, transportation, sport, and spectacle. A must-read for anyone curious about speed’s attraction or its consequences for individuals, American cities, and our politics.”--Annie Gilbert Coleman, author of Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies

Table of Contents
Introduction. Brick Description: Speedway as Cultural Text
  1. Crossroads of America: Inventing Indianapolis
  2. America’s Brooklands: Annihilating Space at the Speedway
  3. Speed Carnivals: Conducting the Midway of a Motor Empire
  4. Automotive Metropolis: Reinventing Indianapolis
  5. Finest Flying Field in America: The Speedway Goes to War
  6. Sports of Titans: A Golden Age of Racing and Development
  7. Selling the Speedway: A Place at the Center of American Culture
  8. Just Call It the “500”: Forging Traditions in the Depression Era
  9. Tradition Never Stops: The Cultural Logic of Sports Capitalism
Abbreviations

Acknowledgments

Speed Capital

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      Publisher University of Illinois Press
      Published 27 February 2024
      ISBN-13 9780252045554
      978-0252045554
      ISBN-10 0252045556
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      History of sport

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      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      “Speed Capital is a fabulous history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ingrassia peels back layers of asphalt, meaning, and memory to reveal the significance of the city and its brick track to American technology, transportation, sport, and spectacle. A must-read for anyone curious about speed’s attraction or its consequences for individuals, American cities, and our politics.”--Annie Gilbert Coleman, author of Ski Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies

      Table of Contents
      Introduction. Brick Description: Speedway as Cultural Text
      1. Crossroads of America: Inventing Indianapolis
      2. America’s Brooklands: Annihilating Space at the Speedway
      3. Speed Carnivals: Conducting the Midway of a Motor Empire
      4. Automotive Metropolis: Reinventing Indianapolis
      5. Finest Flying Field in America: The Speedway Goes to War
      6. Sports of Titans: A Golden Age of Racing and Development
      7. Selling the Speedway: A Place at the Center of American Culture
      8. Just Call It the “500”: Forging Traditions in the Depression Era
      9. Tradition Never Stops: The Cultural Logic of Sports Capitalism
      Abbreviations

      Acknowledgments

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