Surdam, David G. <br/><br/>
The rise of the National Basketball Association /David George Surdam. 

 - Urbana :  University of Illinois Press,  (c)2012. 
 - 1 online resource 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. Economics of Sports Leagues""; ""2. The Beginnings (1946-48)""; ""3. The Merger and Its Aftermath (1948-51)""; ""4. Shakedown (1951-54)""; ""5. Stability (1954-57)""; ""6. Moving to Major League Status (1957-62)""; ""Conclusion: The NBA Becomes ""Major League""""; ""Appendix A: Estimating Factors Affecting Net Gate Receipts""; ""Appendix B: Tables""; ""Notes""; ""Selected Bibliography""; ""Index"" 
<br/><br/> Today's National Basketball Association commands millions of spectators worldwide, and its many franchises are worth hundreds of millions of dollars. But the league wasnAEt always so successful or glamorous. This book chronicles the league's growing pains from 1946 to 1961. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780252094248 9781283712699 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2019718697 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>National Basketball Association--History.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV885  / .R574 2012