Rooting culture: Nostalgia, urban revitalization, and the ambivalence of community at the ballpark

City and Society

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 93-125

  Benson, Peter ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baseball; Nostalgia; Social capital; United States; Urban revitalization; Waterfront

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CULTURE; URBAN RENEWAL;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 24944503213     PISSN: 08930465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/city.2005.17.1.93     Document Type: Article

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