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History: earliest times to present day

Paperback. By comparing the simple skills employed by firefighters-climbing ladders and manipulating hoses-with the mundane technologies-maps and accounting charts-of insurers, the author demonstrates that the daily routines of both groups were instrumental in making intense urban and industrial expansion a less precarious endeavor. Num Pages: 440 pages, 31, 2 black & white line drawings, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; JKSW2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421407623
ISBN
9781421407623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.74

Hardback. The Poetics of Consent reveals the ways in which consensus and collective decision making determined the authoritative account of the Trojan War that we know as the Iliad. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408262
ISBN
9781421408262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.15
€ 54.57

Hardback. Quandt, Robert Hunter, James Thomson, Patrick Vaughan, Marin Strmecki, James Mann, David Ignatius, Adam Garfinkle, Stephen F. Szabo, Francis Fukuyama, Charles Gati Editor(s): Gati, Charles. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; HBJK; HBLW3; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409764
ISBN
9781421409764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.96

Hardback. Medicine and public health clearly advanced during the war-and continued to do so after military hostilities ceased. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 31. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421409993
ISBN
9781421409993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. The book is a valuable text for students and scholars in early modern European history, religion, women's studies, and economic history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12, 1 black & white line drawings, 11 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLH; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411842
ISBN
9781421411842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.10

Paperback. She discusses the role of consumers-their reasons for purchasing life insurance, their perceptions of the industry, and how their desires and demands shaped the ultimate product. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 410 pages, 6, 5 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; KFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411941
ISBN
9781421411941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.10

Paperback. Morris, David Rogers, Clarence Taylor, and Joseph P. Viteritti Editor(s): Viteritti, Professor Joseph P. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20, 13 black & white illustrations, 7 graphs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412627
ISBN
9781421412627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.85

Hardback. By 1830, many other important national concerns had become critically entangled with land disposition, creating points of ideological tension among rival regions, parties, and interests in the early years of the republic-particularly in Jacksonian America. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 1KBBW; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412757
ISBN
9781421412757
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.19
€ 52.02

Hardback. Segal, on psychoanalytic interpretations. Editor(s): Edmunds, Lowell. Num Pages: 480 pages, 15, 2 black & white line drawings, 3 maps, 10 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HBLA1; HRKP3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414188
ISBN
9781421414188
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 64.86

Hardback. Based on contemporary accounts, settlers' reminiscences, and the work of other historians, Sod Busting dives deeply into the practical realities of how things worked to make vivid one of the quintessentially American experiences, breaking new land. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; TV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 15. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414508
ISBN
9781421414508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.27

Hardback. Students of slavery, the Old South, and African American history will find in Nat Turner and the Rising in Southampton County an outstanding example of painstaking research and imaginative family and community history. Num Pages: 416 pages, 4, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421414799
ISBN
9781421414799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 47.39

Hardback. Rather, the Revolution built upon a long history of civic engagement and a complicated relationship between the practice of majority-rule and exclusionary policy-making on the part of appointed and self-selected constituencies. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415277
ISBN
9781421415277
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.16

Hardback. " Readers who love history and stories of exploration on the high seas will devour this gripping tale. Series: The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 280 pages, 26, 26 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTM; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415420
ISBN
9781421415420
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 34.53

Hardback. Despite running a gauntlet of ridicule, the marchers laid down a rough outline of what, some forty years later, emerged as the New Deal. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13, 11 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPWF; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416205
ISBN
9781421416205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 47.17

Paperback. Despite running a gauntlet of ridicule, the marchers laid down a rough outline of what, some forty years later, emerged as the New Deal. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13, 11 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPWF; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 248.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416212
ISBN
9781421416212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.19

Hardback. Drawing on a diverse range of sources-including patient testimonies; the writings of physicians, historians, and poets; and official publications of the Roman state-Patients and Healers in the High Roman Empire is a groundbreaking history of the culture of classical medicine. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBLA1; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416281
ISBN
9781421416281
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.93
€ 56.12

Hardback. The book includes a completely new final chapter, text and notes rewritten throughout to incorporate evidence and scholarship that has appeared over the past twenty-five years, and an index of ancient sources. Series: Ancient Society and History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB; JFSP1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421416854
ISBN
9781421416854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.87
€ 47.39

Hardback. Aimed at students and the general public, Glorious Victory will reward readers with a clear understanding of Andrew Jackson's role in the War of 1812 and his iconic place in the postwar era. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15, 11 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417035
ISBN
9781421417035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.19
€ 52.02

Paperback. Aimed at students and the general public, Glorious Victory will reward readers with a clear understanding of Andrew Jackson's role in the War of 1812 and his iconic place in the postwar era. Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15, 11 black & white illustrations, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421417042
ISBN
9781421417042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.26

Hardback. Pitts uses the trial as a lens through which to explore the inner workings of the court of Louis XIV, who rightly feared that Fouquet would expose the tawdry financial dealings of the king's late mentor and prime minister, Cardinal Mazarin. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH; JKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418247
ISBN
9781421418247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.27

Paperback. The entire series, "Anglo-America in the Transatlantic World,engages the major organizing themes of the subject through a collection of high-level, debate-inspiring essays, inviting readers to think anew about the complex ways in which the Atlantic experience shaped both American societies and the Atlantic world itself. Editor(s): Olwell, Robert; Tully, Alan. Series: Anglo-America in the Transatlantic World. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JD; 3JF; HBJK; HBLH; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 256 x 29. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418469
ISBN
9781421418469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.42

Paperback. Broad in scope and original in its interpretation, Fly Away illuminates the origins, development, and transformation of national culture during an important chapter in twentieth-century American history. Num Pages: 432 pages, 75, 66 black & white halftones, 9 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418476
ISBN
9781421418476
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.16

Hardback. Payne's book will help students recognize the telltale signs of bubbles and busts, so that they may become savvier consumers and investors. Series: How Things Worked. Num Pages: 152 pages, 11, 6 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; HBJK; HBLW; KCX; KCZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418551
ISBN
9781421418551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.08

Hardback. The first scholarly book to examine in detail the role of masculinity in aviation, Weekend Pilots adds new dimensions to our understanding of embedded gender and its long-term effects. Num Pages: 328 pages, 14, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white illustrations, 4 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; KNGV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421418582
ISBN
9781421418582
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.27

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