{"product_id":"bleacher-seats-and-luxury-suites-seth-s-tannenbaum-9780252089251","title":"Bleacher Seats and Luxury Suites: Democracy and Division at the Twentieth-Century Ballpark","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMajor 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA revealing social history, \u003ci\u003eBleacher Seats and Luxury Suites\u003c\/i\u003e revises the persistent myth of the ballpark as an egalitarian melting pot.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Seth S. Tannenbaum\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0252089251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780252089251\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Illinois Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/31\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs","brand":"Seth S. Tannenbaum","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48453242519807,"sku":"9780252089251","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0a7064d0-84a9-4685-9306-ff9548864f22.jpg?v=1777299039","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/bleacher-seats-and-luxury-suites-seth-s-tannenbaum-9780252089251","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}