Contents
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Perspectives in History
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Vol. XVII, 2001-2002
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LETTER FROM THE PRESIDENT
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| 5 | Deborah M. Bogel
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FOREWORD
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| 7 | Ami M. Van De Ryt
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ARTICLES
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| 9 | Mirror of the Times: The Racial Politics of Sport from Jackie Robinson to Muhammad Ali
Charlie T. Lester
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24 | Deciphering the Range of Human Nature and Its Tribulations: Emile Zola and His Naturalism
John A. Hodge
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33 | Voltaire: His Thought and Method of Writing History
Ryan N. Springer
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40 | Opportunity Lost: The Union Defeat at the Battle of the Crater
Christopher Scherff
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51 | Women in India: Historical Perspective
Tripta Desai
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56 | Japanese Occupation of Indonesia
Ami M. Van De Ryt
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BOOK REVIEWS
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69 | In Search of the Cradle of Civilization
by Georg Feuerstein, Subhash Kak, and David Frawley
review by Robert K. Detmering
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72 | Racial Violence in Kentucky, 1865-1940: Lynchings, Mob Rule, and "Legal Lynchings"
by George C. Wright
review by John P. Davis
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74 | For Freedom's Sake: The Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
by Channa Kai Lee
review by Deborah Wriston
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76 | The Idea of Japan: Western Images, Western Myths
by Ian Littlewood
review by Ami M. Van De Ryt
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80 | The Boundaries of Blackness: AIDS and the Breakdown of Black Politics
by Cathy J. Cohen
review by Brian K. Powell
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FILM REVIEW
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83 | The Philadelphia Experiment
Carmen Stewart Elliott
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88 | OFFICERS
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89 | MEMBERS
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