Negro League Baseball–Now in Paperback
05/01/2008
Negro League Baseball: The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution Neil Lanctot 512 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 31 illus. Cloth 2004 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3807-5 |… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
History Wire on Visions of Progress
04/18/2008
Steve Goddard selected Doug Rossinow’s Visions of Progress: The Left-Liberal Tradition in America for today’s History Wire Book Alert, calling the history "an effective way to introduce today’s progressives to… READ MORE
Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City–Now Available
04/16/2008
Mapping Decline: St. Louis and the Fate of the American City Colin Gordon 304 pages | 7 x 10 | 78 color illus. Cloth 2008 | ISBN 978-0-8122-4070-2 | $55.00… READ MORE
H-Urban Review of Nightclub City
". . .[Nightclub City: Politics and Amusement in Manhattan] is an important addition to the literature on New York and the social world of leisure and entertainment that emerged between… READ MORE
Blaszczyk Receives BHC Award
04/15/2008
Regina Lee Blaszczyk, editor of Producing Fashion: Commerce, Culture, and Consumers, received the Harold F. Williamson Prize from the Business History Conference. The award, which honors mid-career scholars who have… READ MORE
Almost a Dynasty Rekindles Fond Memories
04/01/2008
A review of Almost a Dynasty: The Rise and Fall of the 1980 Phillies, by William C. Kashatus, appeared in the March 30 edition of the Philadelphia Inquirer. In this… READ MORE
Spring Training Trivia Challenge Final Results
03/31/2008
Today is opening day of the Philadelphia Phillies 2008 season. Time to announce the final results of the Almost A Dynasty Spring Training Trivia Challenge. The weekly trivia challenge winners… READ MORE
Who Will Win the Phillies vs. Mets Game Tickets?
03/27/2008
Congratulations to Ron Rosen of Massachusetts, winner of the fourth and final round of the Almost a Dynasty Spring Training Trivia Challenge. For having his entry drawn from all of… READ MORE
The Spring Training Trivia Challenge Ends Next Week
03/21/2008
Congratulations to Rodney Reuter of Nebraska, winner of round three of the Almost a Dynasty Spring Training Trivia Challenge. For having his entry drawn from all of the correctly answered… READ MORE
A Newsweek Web Exclusive with Edward J. Blum
03/20/2008
A recent Newsweek Web article opens with the following line: As Sen. Barack Obama deals with the fallout of controversial remarks by his pastor, a noted historian explains how the… READ MORE
