TY  - BOOK
AU  - Szymanski,Stefan
AU  - Weineck,Silke-Maria
TI  - City of champions: a history of triumph and defeat in Detroit 
SN  - 9781620974421
AV  - GV584.5. D6 S98 2020
PY  - 2020///
CY  - New York
PB  - The New Press
KW  - Sports
KW  - Michigan
KW  - Detroit
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Detroit (Mich.)
KW  - Social life and customs
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; 2017 Little Caesar's Arena Opens. Parking Lots Proliferate; p. 1 --; 2; 2012 The Tigers Flounder. The City Heads to Bankruptcy; p. 10 --; 3; 2008 The Lions Go 0-16. The Recession Hits; p. 20 --; 4; 2004 Malice at the Palace. Detroit vs Its Image; p. 29 --; 5; 1999 The Last Tigers Game at the Corner. The Lions Come Home; p. 41 --; 6; 1995 The Russian Five Take Over. Detroit and the Border; p. 49 --; 7; 1988 Game Six of the NBA Finals. Rise of the Bad Boys; p. 59 --; 8; 1985 Defeat of the Motor City Cobra. The Legend of the Kronk Gym; p. 73 --; 9; 1982 Formula One Comes to Detroit. The Big Three Falter; p. 82 --; 10; 1977 The Red Wings Stay, the Pistons Leave; p. 94 --; 11; 1970 The Lions Almost Make It. The RenCen Goes Up; p. 103 --; 12; 1968 Can a World Series Heal a Grievously Wounded City?; p. 113 --; 13; 1963: Detroit Loses Bid for Olympic Games. Again; p. 128 --; 14; 1957 Detroit's Third NFL Title. Ford's Edsel Sputters; p. 137 --; 15; 1952 Red Wings Sweep the Stanley Cup. Bitter Defeat for the Players Union; p. 147 --; 16; 1951 Joe Louis's Last Fight. The Small Gains of the War Evaporate; p. 155 --; 17; 1949 Fred Matthaei's Doomed Quest for the Olympics; p. 168 --; 18; 1945 Tigers Triumph. Rosie the Riveter and the Women's League; p. 177 --; 19; 1943 LaMotta Takes Down Sugar Ray. Riots Tear Up the City; p. 188 --; 20; 1938 Joe Louis Demolishes Hitler's Boxer. White Supremacy Thrives; p. 205 --; 21; 1936 In the Throes of Depression, the City of Champions Earns Its Name; p. 220 --; 22; 1933 Hunger, Horseraces, Booze, and Blood; p. 237 --; 23; 1930 The Negro League and Detroit's Polish Community; p. 247 --; 24; 1927 Ty Cobb Returns. How Awful Was Ty Cobb?; p. 257 --; 25; 1921 The Havoc of the Automobile Age. Ford and Public Health; p. 267 --; 26; 1910 Ty Cobb Wins the Chalmers Batting Race-But Did He Really?; p. 279 --; 27. Ford's Edsel Sputters; 1901 Henry Ford: Champion Racer, Tycoon, Antisemite; p. 288 --; 28; 1887 Wolverines Celebrate World Series Victory. Pingree Fools His Rich Backers; p. 296 --; 29; 1859 A New Sport Rises. Hate Erupts on the Eve of the Civil War; p. 307 --; 30; 1763 Lacrosse as Resistance: British Colonizers Fall into a Trap; p. 317
N2  - "A history of Detroit and the central role that sports have played in the city during the twentieth century"--
ER  -