{"product_id":"speed-capital-indianapolis-auto-racing-and-the-making-of-modern-america-paperback-softback-9780252087660","title":"Speed Capital; Indianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America (Paperback \/ softback) 9780252087660","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSpeed Capital\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eIndianapolis Auto Racing and the Making of Modern America\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eBrian M. Ingrassia (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252087660\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 6 February 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages, 45 black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2.3 cm, 0.254 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“\u003ci\u003eSpeed Capital\u003c\/i\u003e is a fabulous history of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Ingrassia peels back layers of asphalt, meaning, and memory to reveal the significance of the city and its brick track to American technology, transportation, sport, and spectacle. A must-read for anyone curious about speed’s attraction or its consequences for individuals, American cities, and our politics.”--Annie Gilbert Coleman, author of \u003ci\u003eSki Style: Sport and Culture in the Rockies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow a speedway became a legendary sports site and sparked America’s car culture\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e The 1909 opening of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway marked a foundational moment in the history of automotive racing. Events at the famed track and others like it also helped launch America’s love affair with cars and an embrace of road systems that transformed cities and shrank perceptions of space. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e Brian Ingrassia tells the story of the legendary oval’s early decades. This story revolves around Speedway cofounder and visionary businessman Carl Graham Fisher, whose leadership in the building of the transcontinental Lincoln Highway and the iconic Dixie Highway had an enormous impact on American mobility. Ingrassia looks at the Speedway’s history as a testing ground for cars and airplanes, its multiple close brushes with demolition, and the process by which racing became an essential part of the Golden Age of Sports. At the same time, he explores how the track’s past reveals the potent links between sports capitalism and the selling of nostalgia, tradition, and racing legends. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. Brick Description: Speedway as Cultural Text  \u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Crossroads of America: Inventing Indianapolis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e America’s Brooklands: Annihilating Space at the Speedway \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Speed Carnivals: Conducting the Midway of a Motor Empire \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Automotive Metropolis: Reinventing Indianapolis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Finest Flying Field in America: The Speedway Goes to War \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Sports of Titans: A Golden Age of Racing and Development \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Selling the Speedway: A Place at the Center of American Culture \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Just Call It the “500”: Forging Traditions in the Depression Era \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Tradition Never Stops: The Cultural Logic of Sports Capitalism \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e Abbreviations\u003cp\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52743756087576,"sku":"9780252087660","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/speed-capital-indianapolis-auto-racing-and-the-making-of-modern-america-paperback-softback-9780252087660","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}