LA Sports LA Sports
Sport, Culture, and Society

LA Sports

Play, Games, and Community in the City of Angels

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Publisher Description

LA Sports brings together sixteen essays covering various aspects of the development and changing nature of sport in one of America’s most fascinating and famous cities. The writers cover a range of topics, including the history of car racing and ice skating, the development of sport venues, the power of the Mexican fan base in American soccer leagues, the intersecting life stories of Jackie and Mack Robinson, the importance of the Showtime Lakers, the origins of Muscle Beach and surfing, sport in Hollywood films, and more.

GENRE
Sports & Outdoors
RELEASED
2018
February 15
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
376
Pages
PUBLISHER
University of Arkansas Press
SELLER
Chicago Distribution Center
SIZE
6.6
MB
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