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The only book ever to win both the Seymour Medal and the Casey Award as the best baseball book of the year, Peter Morris's magisterial encyclopedia of the national pastime will surprise, delight, and educate even the most knowledgeable fan. With its thousand-odd entries, A Gam...

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David Hardin tells the compelling and often moving stories of eleven prominent Civil War figures after the war. Their struggle would be a constant tug back toward a destroyed past, and a confrontation with the reality of being strangers in their own land.

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Identifying and explaining the essential ideas of American life, the author traces them historically from their origins in the earliest experiences of the American colonists.

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These six plays present varying accounts of the battle of the sexes in the early years of the 20th century. The subjects include the double standard, the advent of the "New Woman" and turn-of-the-century feminism, and the clash between a woman's career and conventional marriag...

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The first full and authoritative biography of the father of gastronomy. MacDonogh not only chronicles Brillat's many pursuits, he also presents a fascinating picture of provincial France under the ancien regime and the dangerous years that followed its fall. The world of revolutionaries and gourmets explored with elegance and scholarship.-Observer.

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A new, succinct history of American expansion from the Revolution to the Civil War, showing how an aggressive foreign policy went hand in hand with the rise of nationalism.

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A lively survey of Chicagos Columbian Exposition of 1893 and how the Great Fair mirrored American values and tastes at the turn of the century. Instructive of our times and an excellent brief study. Journal of American Culture. American Ways Series.

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Fifteen brilliant essays on the kind of culture created by the magic of the marketplace in 1980s America, from architecture to the yuppie ascendancy. Amusing, caustic and cleverly written....What makes Culture in an Age of Money fun to read is its refreshing candor. New York Times.

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The most definitive account of the Suez affair to date, based on newly opened archives.

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A history of how The Second City came to be, and a detailed text on every aspect of staging a comic review, and absorbing conversation on the art of the hilarious. This book shares the experiences and methods of the founder of this institution.

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Contrary to today's widespread emphasis on "cultural diversity," the United States has become not a multicultural society but the world's first post-cultural society. Cultures, Christopher Clausen argues, have lost power over both public and private behavior. This largely unre...

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Selected narratives from the two most important contemporary chroniclers of the Underground Railroad, Levi Coffin and William Still. Here are firsthand descriptions of the experiences of escaped slaves making their way to freedom in the North and in Canada in the years before the Civil War. "A colorful yet balanced portrait."William L. Van Deburg.

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If, as is increasingly clear, Freudian psychoanalysis is neither scientifically respectable nor therapeutically efficacious, what exactly was Freud up to In Freud's Answer, Martin Wain argues that in the new urban industrial age of the late nineteenth century, Freud and his c...

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A compact but comprehensive history of the American armed forces in World War II, examining the strategy, logistics, high command, operations, and home-front aspects of the military campaign. Consistently absorbing....As inclusive and compact a rundown as general readers are likely to get anytime soon. Kirkus Reviews. American Ways Series.

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Documents from the late FBI directors secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. A grimly fascinatingand profoundly disturbingself-exposure by one of the false American deities of the 20th century.Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.

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By guiding readers through the difficulties of plot and language, this Handbook leave them free to enjoy the depth, beauty, and vitality of Shakespeare's works.

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From the editor of "Baseball Digest"comes the stories of baseball's most "tragic" losses. Fifteen of the game's most painful "disasters" are looked at from the losers' point of view, and includes interviews with those involved.

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Fourteen writings by historians that show how, even though the New Deal's initiatives did not always work, FDR's program was a psychological and political success because it restored hope to a nation battered by the Great Depression. Mr. Sternsher's focus is not on Washington, ...

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In this cultural history of the right-to-die in America, Mr. Filene navigates the maze of bioethical arguments surrounding the issue, analyzing complex questions with remarkable lucidity. A unique and valuable contribution.Daniel Callahan, The Hastings Center.

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Agamemnon's sacrifice of his daughter in order to ensure the good fortune of his forces in the Trojan War is, despite its heroic background, in many respects a domestic tragedy. Plays for Performance Series.

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Part of the "American Ways" series, this work presents the history of jazz. Exploring the music, the musicians, and the audience, It traces the emergence of jazz and follows its progress, showing how it has reflected shifting American values.

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One of our most astute cultural critics offers a study of genius - and psuedo-genius - at work, and shows how intelligence can be used and abused.

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The first book to sum up the consequences of the cold war for Americans. A searching account of the costs of the cold war victory that we are celebratingnot only the material price but the blight on our ideas, ideals, and institutions.James MacGregor Burns.