Perspectives in History: Volume 17

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Perspectives in History
Vol. XVII, 2001-2002

LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
5Deborah M. Bogel

FOREWORD
7Ami M. Van De Ryt

ARTICLES
9Mirror of the Times: The Racial Politics of Sport from Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali
Charlie T. Lester

24Deciphering the Range of Human Nature and Its Tribulations: Emile Zola and His Naturalism
John A. Hodge

33Voltaire: His Thought and Method of Writing History
Ryan N. Springer

40Opportunity Lost: The Union Defeat at the Battle of the Crater
Christopher Scherff

51Women in India: Historical Perspective
Tripta Desai

56 Japanese Occupation of Indonesia
Ami M. Van De Ryt

BOOK REVIEWS
69In Search of the Cradle of Civilization
by Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak, and David Frawley
review by Robert K. Detmering

72 Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: Lynchings, Mob Rule, and "Legal Lynchings"
by George C. Wright
review by John P. Davis

74 For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
by Channa Kai Lee
review by Deborah Wriston

76 The Idea of Japan: Western Images, Western Myths
by Ian Littlewood
review by Ami M. Van De Ryt

80 The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics
by Cathy J. Cohen
review by Brian K. Powell

FILM REVIEW
83 The Philadelphia Experiment
Carmen Stewart Elliott

88OFFICERS

89MEMBERS

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