history

Explains how attitudes toward both crime and punishment have changed throughout the twentieth century, discussing organized crime, political crimes, policing, the judicial system, punishment and prison, and the internationalization of crime.

Highlights one hundred significant moments in baseball history through a collection of over four hundred photographs from the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, accompanied by explanatory text.

An illustrated history of baseball, featuring removable reproductions of significant letters, contracts, newspaper clippings, and photographs, including a note written by Jackie Robinson in defense of integration, and the transfer agreement that sent Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees.

A survey of the trials and accomplishments of African-American women, from the days of slavery in the American colonies through the civil rights movement of the twentieth century.

Consists of questions and answers about Latinos, revealing the common history which unites them while also showing how they differ depending upon their country of origin.

A history of Yankee Stadium, celebrating the facility's seventy-fifth anniversary with text and photographs profiling the people and events that have made history at the New York stadium.

Contains over twenty essays by a variety of authors in which they analyze the historical progression, underlying causes, and competing strategies of the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s.

A history of women in the United States from the seventeenth century to modern times, discussing the roles they have played in society and historical events and focusing on individuals from Pocahontas to Sandra Day O'Connor.

Articles originally published in "National Geographic" chart the expansion of travel by automobile and railroad in the 1920s and its effects on American society.

Traces the history of sailing, diving, treasure hunting, and archaeology and profiles sunken ships from ancient times through the present.