Table of contents for Faithful to Fenway : believing in Boston, baseball, and America's most beloved ballpark / Michael Ian Borer.

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INTRODUCTION
The Sociology of Green Monsters and Broken Curses            1
I BOSTON BELIEVES
Fenway Park, a "Lyrical Little Bandbox"                     13
2 THE BIRTH OF AN URBAN BALLPARK
Leisure, Nostalgia, and the Baseball Creed                  33
3 THE BALLPARK AT REST
The Civic Partnership between Boston, the Red Sox, and the Fenway Faithful 67
4    OBJECTS OF FAITH AND CONSUMPTION
Souvenirs, Replicas, and Other Representations of Fenway Park  107
S SOME DIAMONDS ARE NOT FOREVER
Debating the Future of Fenway Park                         133
G BELIEVE IN BOSTON
Red Sox Nation and the Cultural Power of Place             179
APPENDIX
Making the Familiar Strange: Urban Sociology at the Ballpark  197
Notes                                                 215
Bibliography                                          245
Index                                                 257
About the Author                                      263