Speed Capital
University of Illinois Press (Verlag)
978-0-252-04555-4 (ISBN)
Brian Ingrassia tells the story of the legendary oval’s early decades. This story revolves around Speedway cofounder and visionary businessman Carl Graham Fisher, whose leadership in the building of the transcontinental Lincoln Highway and the iconic Dixie Highway had an enormous impact on American mobility. Ingrassia looks at the Speedway’s history as a testing ground for cars and airplanes, its multiple close brushes with demolition, and the process by which racing became an essential part of the Golden Age of Sports. At the same time, he explores how the track’s past reveals the potent links between sports capitalism and the selling of nostalgia, tradition, and racing legends.
Brian M. Ingrassia is an associate professor of history at West Texas A&M University and the author of The Rise of Gridiron University: Higher Education’s Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football.
Introduction. Brick Description: Speedway as Cultural Text
Crossroads of America: Inventing Indianapolis
America’s Brooklands: Annihilating Space at the Speedway
Speed Carnivals: Conducting the Midway of a Motor Empire
Automotive Metropolis: Reinventing Indianapolis
Finest Flying Field in America: The Speedway Goes to War
Sports of Titans: A Golden Age of Racing and Development
Selling the Speedway: A Place at the Center of American Culture
Just Call It the “500”: Forging Traditions in the Depression Era
Tradition Never Stops: The Cultural Logic of Sports Capitalism
Abbreviations Acknowledgments
Erscheinungsdatum | 08.02.2024 |
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Reihe/Serie | Sport and Society |
Zusatzinfo | 45 black & white photographs |
Verlagsort | Baltimore |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 454 g |
Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Regional- / Landesgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft | |
ISBN-10 | 0-252-04555-6 / 0252045556 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-252-04555-4 / 9780252045554 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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