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Hardback. In late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France, a number of groups turned to the wondrous and occult as a means of understanding and explaining the world. This title examines these varied efforts through the phenomena witnessed at seances. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJD; HRQX; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400136
- ISBN
- 9781421400136
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Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Hardback. Informed by a breadth of historical scholarship and based squarely on primary sources, this volume remains the standard text for future teachers and scholars of education. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JNL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 630.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- updated edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400167
- ISBN
- 9781421400167
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Condition: New
€ 65.19€ 59.45
€ 65.19
€ 59.45
Paperback. Madigan and Osiek assemble relevant material from both Western and Eastern Christendom. Editor(s): Madigan, Kevin; Osiek, Carolyn A. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA; HRA; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400372
- ISBN
- 9781421400372
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.58
€ 36.99
€ 31.58
Paperback. Ultimately, Alternative Contact theorizes a more dynamic indigeneity that articulates new or overlooked connections among peoples, histories, cultures, and critical discourses within a global context. Editor(s): Lai, Paul; Smith, Lindsey Claire. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFC; JFFS; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400600
- ISBN
- 9781421400600
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.57
€ 38.99
€ 32.57
Paperback. Traces the history of the idea of non-Adamic humanity, and the debates surrounding it, from the Middle Ages onwards. From heresy to orthodoxy, from radicalism to conservatism, from humanitarianism to racism, this book tells an intriguing tale of twists and turns in the cultural politics surrounding the age-old question, 'Where did we come from?' Series: Medicine, Science, and Religion in Historical Context. Num Pages: 320 pages, 26, 24 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; HBJD; HRA; HRLB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400655
- ISBN
- 9781421400655
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
Hardback. Latin America experienced an unprecedented wave of left-leaning governments between 1998 and 2010. This title examines the causes of this leftward turn and the consequences it carries for the region in the twenty-first century. It looks at several major themes regarding the contemporary Latin American Left. Editor(s): Levitsky, Steven; Roberts, Kenneth M. Num Pages: 496 pages, 15, 15 figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JMC; HBJK; HBLX; JPB; JPFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401096
- ISBN
- 9781421401096
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.91
€ 43.99
€ 36.91
Hardback. Anyone interested in how people and goods moved around the country will find much to learn and appreciate in Richard Carpenter's one-of-a-kind railroad atlases. Num Pages: 336 pages, 295, 286 colour illustrations, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBTP1; WGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 289 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401461
- ISBN
- 9781421401461
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Condition: New
€ 85.51
€ 85.51
Paperback. Among them are a politically incendiary prophet, a self-proclaimed hermaphrodite, and a morisco, an Islamic convert to Catholicism. Editor(s): Kagan, Richard L.; Dyer, Abigail. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401966
- ISBN
- 9781421401966
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Condition: New
€ 36.95
€ 36.95
Paperback. They reflect on the moral economy of human smuggling and trafficking, the increasing percentage of the world's asylum seekers who escape political violence only by being smuggled, and the implications of human smuggling in a warming world. Editor(s): Kyle, David; Koslowski, Rey. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1, 1 graphs. BIC Classification: HBTS; JFFN; JKVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401980
- ISBN
- 9781421401980
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.35
€ 43.99
€ 36.35
Paperback. Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 164.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402369
- ISBN
- 9781421402369
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.27
€ 27.99
€ 24.27
Hardback. S. Editor(s): Pallitto, Robert M. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402482
- ISBN
- 9781421402482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.19€ 60.24
€ 65.19
€ 60.24
Paperback. This collection continues the conversation Warren began fifty years ago, although taking it in unorthodox and challenging directions, to offer fresh and stimulating perspectives on the war's presence in the collective imagination of the nation. Editor(s): Brown, Thomas J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402512
- ISBN
- 9781421402512
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.31
€ 33.99
€ 28.31
Hardback. Featuring a foreword by the eminent historian Anthony Grafton, this fascinating book draws upon a diverse range of sources-ancient histories, medieval theology, Renaissance art, literature, legal thought, and early modern mathematics and social science-to uncover the meaning of the past and its relationship to the present. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFH; HBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 161 x 27. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402789
- ISBN
- 9781421402789
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Condition: New
€ 68.13€ 61.49
€ 68.13
€ 61.49
Hardback. Academics and students alike will enjoy this fascinating study of the invention of the professional chef, of how ordinary workers influenced emerging trends of scientific knowledge, culture-creation, and taste in eighteenth-century France. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 216 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402833
- ISBN
- 9781421402833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.43€ 57.47
€ 63.43
€ 57.47
Paperback. Lively and accessible, America and the World draws on the most recent scholarship to provide a historical introduction to one of today's vital and misunderstood issues. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBG; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402963
- ISBN
- 9781421402963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.33
€ 38.99
€ 32.33
Hardback. Among them are a politically incendiary prophet, a self-proclaimed hermaphrodite, and a morisco, an Islamic convert to Catholicism. Editor(s): Kagan, Richard L.; Dyer, Abigail. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3J; HBJD; HBLH; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403403
- ISBN
- 9781421403403
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.19€ 58.98
€ 65.19
€ 58.98
Hardback. Hans Staden's sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinamba Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This title presents a retelling of the German sailor's eyewitness account, showing both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. Num Pages: 216 pages, 35, 31 black & white halftones, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 3JB; BGH; HBLH; RGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403458
- ISBN
- 9781421403458
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Condition: New
€ 65.19€ 58.98
€ 65.19
€ 58.98
Hardback. Its unprecedented multidisciplinary and cross-cultural approach points the way to a complete reevaluation of the place of the crusades in medieval and modern societies. Editor(s): Paul, Nicholas; Yeager, Suzanne M. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; HBJD; HBJF1; HBLC1; HBWC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404257
- ISBN
- 9781421404257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.13€ 61.49
€ 68.13
€ 61.49
Paperback. The authors ask whether the Western Balkans are embracing democracy by creating functional, resilient institutions-governmental, administrative, journalistic, and economic-and fostering popular trust in the legitimacy of those institutions. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1DVW; 3JJPR; 3JMC; HBJD; HBLW3; HBLX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 37. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404332
- ISBN
- 9781421404332
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.82
€ 35.99
€ 29.82
Hardback. Their tireless efforts in creating this eminent Black institution changed the landscape of medical education and the racial and ethnic makeup of physicians and health care professions. Num Pages: 200 pages, 29, 28 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJK; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404431
- ISBN
- 9781421404431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.35
€ 43.99
€ 36.35
Paperback. Officer, Nurse, Woman brings to light the nearly forgotten contributions of brave nurses who risked their lives to bring medical care to soldiers during a terrible-and divisive-war. Series: War/Society/Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBWS2; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404448
- ISBN
- 9781421404448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.74
€ 33.99
€ 28.74
Hardback. Rigorous archival research, careful readings, and long chronologies of genre define this magisterial work, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of American studies, American poetry, and literary history. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404899
- ISBN
- 9781421404899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.42€ 66.02
€ 73.42
€ 66.02
Paperback. This sensitive and enthralling history of the USS Monitor ensures that this fateful ship, and the men who served on it, will be remembered for generations to come. Series: Johns Hopkins Introductory Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15, 11 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBWJ; PDX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- updated edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405209
- ISBN
- 9781421405209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.29
€ 31.99
€ 26.29
Hardback. This debate, Fox argues, became a contest for the hearts and minds of the French citizenry. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 408 pages, 16, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; HBJD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 31. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405223
- ISBN
- 9781421405223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.40
€ 75.40