The Diamond in the Bronx
Subtitle: Yankee Stadium and the Politics of New York
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: January 2, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780195331837
Subjects: American history: postwar, from c 1945 -; Sport, Travel and Leisure Interests; Baseball; Sports And Public Policy; Sports & Recreation; Sports; The Americas; Baseball - Specific Teams; History; United States - State & Local - General; History / United States / 20th Century; Baseball - General; Government - State & Provincial; United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic
First sentence: In a decade that celebrated a mythical America, the opening of Yankee Stadium on April 18, 1923, was a high point of the party.