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UNINA9910780416303321 |
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Harrigan Patrick J (Patrick Joseph), <1941-> |
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Titolo |
The Detroit Tigers : club and community, 1945-1995 / / Patrick J. Harrigan |
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Toronto ; ; Buffalo ; ; London : , : University of Toronto Press, , 1997 |
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©1997 |
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1-281-99750-1 |
9786611997502 |
1-4426-8110-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (448 pages) : illustrations |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Baseball - Michigan - Detroit - History |
History |
Electronic books. |
Michigan Detroit |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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; 1. Baseball in Postwar American Society -- ; 2. The Briggs Era of Detroit Baseball -- ; 3. Transitions and Adaptation of the Detroit Baseball Club in the 1950s -- ; 4. Community Problems and a World Championship -- ; 5. The Players -- ; 6. The Era of Personalities, 1969-1977 -- ; 7. Free Agency and Big Money for Baseball, 1977-1983 -- ; 8. The Golden Age of Detroit Baseball -- ; 9. A Franchise in Decline -- ; 10. The Stadium as Symbol -- Epilogue: The 1994 Strike and Its Aftermath. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Detroit Tigers is the most complete view of the finances of any sports organization yet published. It also illustrates baseball's human dimension. Harrigan has conducted more than a hundred interviews with former players, their wives, team executives, media personalities, sports writers, and politicians and uncovered many previously unused sources to give us a vivid portrayal of a sport and its far-reaching influence. |
This study of the Detroit Tigers over a half-century demonstrates how baseball has reflected the fortunes of America's postwar urban society. |
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