How did Japan and the United States end up at war on December 7, 1941? How might American policies and actions have provoked the Japanese decision to attack Pearl Harbor? Was America's entry into the
Shortly after the independent Carolina League was formed in 1936, officials of the National Association of Professional Baseball--which oversaw what was known as "organized baseball," including the ma
"This follow-up to the popular and award-winning The Independent Carolina Baseball League, 1936-1938 (McFarland, 1999) takes the story of outlaw baseball into extra innings, offering unpublished inter
Varnedoe, an influential and much-loved museum curator and teacher in the US who died in 2003 at age 57, is celebrated in this volume of 20 essays by former students and colleagues. Reflecting the sub
In a compelling example of cultural politics, the Spaniard Pablo Picasso has been transformed into a hero of French modernism. Recently, however, there is a growing awareness that Picasso's involvemen
