Soldier Field

List of Figures

Preface                                                                                                                          

Introduction         Chicago Challenges the World

Part 1                    Getting It Built

Chapter 1             Born Republican, Adopted by Democrats

Chapter 2             Soldier Field and the Democratic Ascendancy

Part 2                    A Stadium for All Chicago

Chapter 3             A Game for Our Youth: Amateur Football at Soldier Field  

Chapter 4             Chicago’s Olympic Legacy

Chapter 5             A Stage for Acceptable Dissent 

Chapter 6             The City’s Altar  

Chapter 7             Military Marches, Music, and an Arsonist Cow  

Chapter 8             Americans All: Culture in an Epic Space

Chapter 9             A Family Place        

Chapter 10           New Religious and Political Movements in a Classic Space   

Part 3                    The Fall and Rise of Soldier Field

Chapter 11           Celebrations in an Era of Decline

Chapter 12           Amateur Sports Founder at a Fading Stadium 

Chapter 13           Professional Sports in a Changing Era 

Chapter 14           The Bears, the Stadium’s Savior 

Chapter 15           A New Century, a New Stadium      

Acknowledgements 
Notes