Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: Democracy and Division at the Twentieth-Century Ballpark

— —

Seth S. Tannenbaum

Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites

Name: Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites
Price: 62.99 AUD
Availability: OutOfStock
ISBN: 9780252089251

Democracy and Division at the Twentieth-Century Ballpark

Seth S. Tannenbaum

$62.99

Paperback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We will update you on expected arrival time to us. If this delay is too long, please let us know within 2 business days and we can give you options regarding cancelling or adjusting your order. More details on cancelling your order can be found in our Terms of Trade.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

University of Illinois Press
31 March 2026

History of the Americas; 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000; Sociology: sport & leisure; Baseball

Series: Sport and Society

Celebrated as a democratic space for all Americans, the major league ballpark in fact privileged the middle- and upper-class white male fan while tacitly marginalizing poor urban residents and people of color. Seth S. Tannenbaum examines how the game's economically and socially stratified system reflected changing understandings of urban space, inclusion, and the body politic.

Major League Baseball owners and executives masked exclusion and division by touting the game's accessibility and instituting few overtly discriminatory policies. Affluent white males enjoyed a comfortable, safe space that reinforced their status as the prototypical American citizen. At the same time, ballparks relocated in response to how these favored fans felt about cities. Tannenbaum traces this journey from the urban locales of the Polo Grounds and Yankee Stadium through the suburban-oriented Dodger Stadium and Houston Astrodome to the cloistered fantasy of city life offered by Camden Yards. As he shows, owners' pursuit of greater profits incorporated existing barriers that helped shape the structure of modern parks.

A revealing social history, Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites revises the persistent myth of the ballpark as an egalitarian melting pot.

By: Seth S. Tannenbaum
Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 235mm, Width: 156mm,
Weight: 481g
ISBN: 9780252089251
ISBN 10: 0252089251
Series: Sport and Society
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 31 March 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. INTRODUCTION: INCLUSION, EXCLUSION, AND THE BASEBALL FAN EXPERIENCE IN AMERICAN SOCIETY 2. CREATING THE ""EGALITARIAN"" BALLPARK EXPERIENCE: HOT DOGS AND DIVISIONS AT THE POLO GROUNDS 3. MORE ACCESS NECESSITATES MORE TIERS: INCREASED INCLUSION AND INCREASED DIVISION AT YANKEE STADIUM 4. SUBURBAN-STYLE GATED COMMUNITY BASEBALL: WHITEWASHING THE CITY AT DODGER STADIUM 5. A HYPER-DIVIDED AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: THE HOUSTON ASTRODOME PERFECTS SUBURBAN BASEBALL 6. URBAN CHIC: BASEBALL RETURNS TO A CAREFULLY CONTROLLED APPROXIMATION OF URBAN LIFE AT CAMDEN YARDS 7. EPILOGUE: BASEBALL AND THE CITY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY

Seth S. Tannenbaum is an assistant professor of sport studies at Manhattanville University.