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Author Harrigan, Patrick

Title The Detroit Tigers : Club and Community, 1945-1995
Published Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (448 pages)
Series Book collections on Project MUSE
Contents Intro -- CONTENTS -- LIST OF TABLES -- LIST OF APPENDICES -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Introduction -- 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 -- TABLES -- APPENDICES -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z
Summary A vivid portrait of a team, a sport and its far-reaching influence. The Detroit Tigers are a curious reflection of America's post-war urban society and this book illustrates the inextricable links between this team and its hometown
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes In English
Print version record
Subject Detroit Tigers (Baseball team) -- History
SUBJECT Detroit Tigers (Baseball team) fast
Subject Baseball -- Michigan -- Detroit -- History
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / Essays & Writings.
Baseball
Michigan -- Detroit
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Harrigan, Patrick
LC no. 97147703
ISBN 9781442681101
1442681101
1281997501
9781281997500
9786611997502
6611997504