A driving ambition linked Oakland and Kansas City in the 1960s. Each city sought the national attention and civic glory that came with being home to professional sports teams. Their successful campaigns to lure pro franchises ignited mutual rivalries in football and baseball that thrilled hometown fans. But even Super Bowl victories and World Series triumphs proved to be no defense against urban problems in the tumultuous 1960s and 1970s. Matthew C. Ehrlich tells the fascinating history of these iconic sports towns. From early American Football League battles to Oakland's deft poaching of baseball's Kansas City Athletics, the cities emerged as fierce opponents from Day One. Ehrlich weaves a saga of athletic stars and folk heroes like Len Dawson, Al Davis, George Brett, and Reggie Jackson with a chronicle of two cities forced to confront the wrenching racial turmoil, labor conflict, and economic crises that arise when soaring aspirations collide with harsh realities.Colorful and thought-provoking, Kansas City vs. Oakland breaks down who won and who lost when big-time sports came to town.
Автор: Ehrlich/Schroeder Название: Introduction to Medical Terminology ISBN: 1418030171 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781418030179 Издательство: Cengage Learning Рейтинг: Цена: 7918.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Автор: Ehrlich Ilan Название: Eduardo Chibas: The Incorrigible Man of Cuban Politics ISBN: 1442241179 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781442241176 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 19642.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: While Cuba`s 1940 constitution was among the most progressive in the western hemisphere, few knew its details until political leader Chibas, whose suicide in 1951 precipitated the Cuban Revolution, read it on his radio program. This work explores Chibas`s life in order to explain the nature of Cuban politics from the mid-twentieth century to today.
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