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This book offers a rigorous but graphically compelling narrative historic analysis of one of the most important civic buildings not only of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, or the State of Illinois, but arguably of the United States, Memorial Stadium.

Like all spatial products, the design and construction of the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium embodies the social, political, economic, aspiration, and aesthetic values of its time. This book will engage in critical analysis including documenting the civic discourse that led to the Stadium and thereafter explore the iterative nature of the Stadium in shaping civic discourse. In this vein, central topics include its role in embodying the stateâs economic growth; the changing nature of the sociocultural tendencies and its impact on campus life and the Universityâs community; the Stadiumâs effects on UIUC sports and the campusâ built environment; the rise of College sports as big business; and the impact on mass

The University of Illinois Memorial Stadium

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      Publisher Taylor & Francis
      Published 10/28/2024 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN-13 9781032643847
      978-1032643847
      ISBN-10 1032643846
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      This book offers a rigorous but graphically compelling narrative historic analysis of one of the most important civic buildings not only of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, or the State of Illinois, but arguably of the United States, Memorial Stadium.

      Like all spatial products, the design and construction of the University of Illinois Memorial Stadium embodies the social, political, economic, aspiration, and aesthetic values of its time. This book will engage in critical analysis including documenting the civic discourse that led to the Stadium and thereafter explore the iterative nature of the Stadium in shaping civic discourse. In this vein, central topics include its role in embodying the stateâs economic growth; the changing nature of the sociocultural tendencies and its impact on campus life and the Universityâs community; the Stadiumâs effects on UIUC sports and the campusâ built environment; the rise of College sports as big business; and the impact on mass

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