Thoroughly researched and deeply engaged with the latest academic studies from a range of disciplines ... What distinguishes Guridy’s book is its use of the stadium, specifically, as the organizing principle ... Guridy wonderfully weaves a tapestry of analysis and narrative about these issues.
Mr. Guridy pays due homage to great sports moments but his focus is on social changes rather than pitching changes ... The exclusion is excruciating to recall.
Guridy claims, without much evidence, that stadiums were more open to these activists in the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s because a majority of the venues were publicly funded and managed.
