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Paperback. Ultimately, he argues, it was within the Middle Colonies that the question was first posed, What is the American?An insightful and valuable classroom synthesis of the scholarship of the Middle Colonies, Crossroads of Empire makes clear the vital role of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania in establishing an American identity. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 10 black & white illustrati. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897689
- ISBN
- 9780801897689
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Condition: New
€ 37.69
€ 37.69
Hardback. The first book-length intellectual history of autodidacticism, this novel, thought-provoking work will interest a wide range of historians, including scholars of the history of science, philosophy, literature, Europe, and the Middle East. Num Pages: 208 pages, 31, 30 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: D; HBJD; HPDC; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897399
- ISBN
- 9780801897399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.78€ 58.64
€ 63.78
€ 58.64
Hardback. Based on oral history interviews, photographs, letters, minutes, diaries, and journals of white and African-American Mennonites, this fascinating book further illuminates the role of race in modern American religion. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 392 pages, 30, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HRA; HRCC9; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 654.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897009
- ISBN
- 9780801897009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.51€ 62.86
€ 68.51
€ 62.86
Hardback. From the length of the track and the need to ride small horses, to the risks, techniques, and training methods involved in racing, Meijer recreates ancient Rome's favorite pastime in impressive detail. Translator(s): Waters, Liz. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24, 19 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: HBLA1; KNSP; WSNB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801896972
- ISBN
- 9780801896972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.41
€ 41.41
Paperback. This fast-paced history incorporates the most recent scholarship on the region and features nine new maps and a bibliographic essay about Native-Anglo relations. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 12, 9 black & white halftones, 3 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 84 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801896286
- ISBN
- 9780801896286
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.58
€ 27.99
€ 24.58
Paperback. This may not be the last book you read on Little Bighorn, but it should be the first. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7, 5 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBW; JWLF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895012
- ISBN
- 9780801895012
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Condition: New
€ 31.21
€ 31.21
Hardback. This short, smart analysis will engage scholars across academia. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JHBC; MBDC; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894909
- ISBN
- 9780801894909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.65
€ 54.99
€ 45.65
Paperback. He addresses the importance of the event in the national crisis and shows why such actions are not quite as alien to today's politics as they might at first seem. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 160 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894695
- ISBN
- 9780801894695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.77
€ 27.99
€ 24.77
Hardback. Revisiting the story of the South's "most perfect scalawag," Ginsberg contributes to a broader understanding of the essential role southern Jews played during the Civil War and Reconstruction. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 408.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894640
- ISBN
- 9780801894640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.74€ 49.91
€ 53.74
€ 49.91
Hardback. A rich source of information about the members of Congress, their lives in New York, their concerns about their families, and the services they performed for their constituents, the documents from these three new volumes will be incorporated into The Early Republic, an innovative online reference hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Editor(s): United States Congress; Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles; Veit, Helen E. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 992 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1566.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894473
- ISBN
- 9780801894473
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.07€ 117.27
€ 134.07
€ 117.27
Hardback. A rich source of information about the members of Congress, their lives in New York, their concerns about their families, and the services they performed for their constituents, the documents from these three new volumes will be incorporated into The Early Republic, an innovative online reference hosted by the Johns Hopkins University Press. Editor(s): United States Congress; Bickford, Charlene Bangs; Bowling, Kenneth R.; DiGiacomantonio, William Charles; Veit, Helen E. Series: Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States of America, March 4, 1789-March 3, 1791. Num Pages: 952 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 952
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894459
- ISBN
- 9780801894459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.07€ 118.94
€ 134.07
€ 118.94
Hardback. Her study extends into Prohibition and discusses the various effects that scattering vice and banning alcohol had on commercial nightlife. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; HBTB; JFMX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894138
- ISBN
- 9780801894138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.78€ 58.64
€ 63.78
€ 58.64
Paperback. Using coal as a barometer of economic change, Old Dominion, Industrial Commonwealth addresses longstanding questions about North-South economic divergence and the role of state government in American industrial development, providing new insights for both political and economic historians of nineteenth-century America. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 324 pages, 11, 11 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; RNF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894008
- ISBN
- 9780801894008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.80
€ 37.99
€ 31.80
Paperback. case is a unique reference point for students of American political development and comparative democratization. Editor(s): King, Desmond; Lieberman, Robert C.; Ritter, Gretchen; Whitehead, Laurence. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPB; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893254
- ISBN
- 9780801893254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.33
€ 39.33
Hardback. Rather than disappearing along with the Old Regime, the commerce of cosmetics, reimagined and redefined, flourished in the early 19th century, as political ideals and Enlightenment philosophies radically altered popular sentiment. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 240 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; HBTB; KNSX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893094
- ISBN
- 9780801893094
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.58
€ 70.58
Hardback. Kagan concludes that despite its blemishes, the writing of official histories contributed, however imperfectly, to the practice of historiography itself. Num Pages: 376 pages, 13, 12 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 239 x 34. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892943
- ISBN
- 9780801892943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.01
€ 71.01
Paperback. Entering a distinctively male space-the saloon-to rescue fathers, brothers, and sons, women at the same time began to enter another male bastion-politics-again justifying their transgression in terms of rescuing the nation's manhood. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892561
- ISBN
- 9780801892561
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.90
€ 33.99
€ 28.90
Hardback. In doing so, he offers a dramatic picture of a complex and changing urban center that, despite its flaws, flourished for centuries. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 488 pages, 44, 16 black & white line drawings, 28 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 770.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892530
- ISBN
- 9780801892530
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.06
€ 92.06
Hardback. Thanks to extensive archival research and a thorough examination of the published works of the university's professors, Grendler's history tells a new story. Num Pages: 312 pages, 19, 13 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB; JNMN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891717
- ISBN
- 9780801891717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.56€ 60.29
€ 65.56
€ 60.29
Hardback. Railroads in the Old South demonstrates that a simple approach to the Old South fails to do justice to its complexity and contradictions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19, 7 black & white halftones, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB; KNGT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891304
- ISBN
- 9780801891304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.01€ 57.21
€ 62.01
€ 57.21
Paperback. Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership-or its absence-directly affects the outcome of wars. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- second edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891243
- ISBN
- 9780801891243
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.36
€ 34.99
€ 29.36
Paperback. Moving beyond the 'clash of civilizations' model that surveys the relationship between Islam and Christianity from a geopolitical perch, the author focuses on a localized microcosm: the Venetian merchant and diplomatic community in Muslim Constantinople. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 312 pages, 9, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1DVT; HBJD; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891052
- ISBN
- 9780801891052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.45
€ 35.99
€ 30.45
Hardback. Comprehensive and carefully researched, Edge of Crisis explains the broad array of factors that led up to the French invasion of Spain in early 1808. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 640
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890468
- ISBN
- 9780801890468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.09€ 74.49
€ 82.09
€ 74.49
Hardback. Finally, Grieve focuses on the misogynistic elements of the story and asks why the fall of Spain is figured as a cautionary tale about a woman's sexuality. Num Pages: 328 pages, 24, 23 black & white halftones, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890369
- ISBN
- 9780801890369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74€ 61.03
€ 66.74
€ 61.03