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Author:   Costas Spirou ,  Larry Bennett
Publisher:   Cornell University Press
Imprint:   Northern Illinois University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.454kg
ISBN:  

9780875803050

ISBN 10:   0875803059
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   18 February 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock  
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Illustrations and Maps Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Sports-Driven Urban Redevelopment in Chicago and Beyond 2. From Urban Renewal to the City of Leisure 3. The New Comiskey Park 4. Rebuilding Comiskey Park 5. Bringing Light to Wrigley Field 6. Lake View 7. Redeveloping the Near West Side 8. Stadium Development, Three Neighborhoods, and Urban Revitalization Appendix Bibliography Index

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This book is long overdue. It's Hardly Sportin' places local neighborhoods where they belong - front and center in the debate over stadium construction. - Joel Rast, author of Remaking Chicago; Original and sound.... A significant contribution to the field. - Kenneth Shropshire, author of The Sports Franchise Game

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Costas Spirou is Associate Professor and Chair of Social Science at National-Louis University. Larry Bennett is Professor of Political Science at DePaul University.

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