| Description |
1 online resource (495 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Contents |
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. Forward Atlanta -- 2. America's Virgin Sports Territory -- 3. Franchise Free Agency -- 4. The Greatest Location in the World -- 5. Wisconsin v. Milwaukee Braves -- 6. Gravitating toward Atlanta -- 7. Not Catching On around Town -- 8. Losing but Improving -- 9. Atlanta Stadium, a Center of Gravity -- 10. Outside the Stadium It's the City -- 11. Atlanta Stadium, a Meeting Place -- 12. Madison Square Garden of the Southeast -- 13. The Developer Is Boss |
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14. The Politics of Metropolitan Divergence -- 15. Probably Room for Basketball -- 16. The Logical Choice -- 17. How the Falcons Lost Atlanta -- 18. Atlanta's Ice Society -- 19. Just What Atlanta Needs -- 20. I Think the Fans Showed Poor Taste -- 21. Instant City -- 22. Keep Hockey a Southern Sport -- 23. Loserville No More -- 24. How the Sunbelt Became Loserville, U.S.A. -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
| Summary |
Clayton Trutor examines how Atlanta's pursuit of the big leagues invented business-as-usual in the business of professional sports. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Professional sports -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century.
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Professional sports. |
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Georgia -- Atlanta. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Sports franchises -- Georgia -- Atlanta -- History -- 20th century.
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Sports franchises. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Trutor, Clayton Loserville Lincoln : Nebraska,c2022 9781496225047 |
| ISBN |
1496230094 |
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9781496230096 (electronic book) |
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149622504X |
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9781496225047 |
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