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History: earliest times to present day

Drawing on an exhaustive chronological survey of pre-Columbian maps, including the controversial Yale Vinland Map, this book boldly challenges conventional accounts of Europe's discovery of the New World. Num Pages: 368 pages, 79, 62 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KB; 3H; HBJD; HBJK; HBLC; HBTP; RGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 177 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801866609
ISBN
9780801866609
Condition: New

€ 67.67

The only full-length study of existentialism in America, this highly engaging and original work provides an invaluable guide to the history of American culture since the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870378
ISBN
9780801870378
Condition: New

€ 64.93

Paperback. DiPrizio concludes with a discussion of the possible impact of America's ongoing antiterrorism campaign on the current Bush administration's policy on humanitarian interventions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JPA; JWLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870675
ISBN
9780801870675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.73

Culminating with the crisis precipitated by the failure of the Fourth Crusade, Madden's groundbreaking work reveals the extent to which Dandolo and his successors became torn between the anxieties and apprehensions of Venice's citizens and its escalating obligations as a Mediterranean power. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9, 4 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873171
ISBN
9780801873171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.06

Revealing the complex interplay of nationalism and regionalism in the lives of southern men, Glover brings new insight to the question of what led the South toward sectionalism and civil war. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801884986
ISBN
9780801884986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.43

Paperback. This original narrative demonstrates that the transition to sugar and the plantation complex was more gradual in the French properties than generally depicted-and that it was not inevitable. Num Pages: 392 pages, 25, 25 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887260
ISBN
9780801887260
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.79

Like its companion volume, Faces of the Civil War: An Album of Union Soldiers and Their Stories, this book offers readers a unique perspective on the war and contributes to a better understanding of the role of the common soldier. Num Pages: 312 pages, 78, 78 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890192
ISBN
9780801890192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.97

Hardback. With his keen, original analysis of hitherto untapped literary, iconographical, and archaeological sources, Burgess adds greatly to our understanding of this archetypal mythic hero. Num Pages: 208 pages, 26, 23 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBH; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890291
ISBN
9780801890291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

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. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891236
ISBN
9780801891236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.50

This first systematic study of how the United States responded to "Barbary Captivityshows how public reaction to international events shaped America domestically and its evolving place in the world during the early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891397
ISBN
9780801891397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.88

In explaining the institutions and individuals that permitted this type of negotiation, O'Connell offers a historical example of an early modern empire at the height of imperial expansion. Series: Johns Hopkins University Studies in Historical and Political Science. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6, 2 maps, 4 charts. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; 3JD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891458
ISBN
9780801891458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.30

Hagenloh's vivid and monumental account is the first to show how Stalin's peculiar brand of policing-in which criminals, juvenile delinquents, and other marginalized population groups were seen increasingly as threats to the political and social order-supplied the core mechanism of the Great Terror. Num Pages: 480 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJG; HBJD; HBLW; JPVR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 166 x 35. Weight in Grams: 796.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801891823
ISBN
9780801891823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 42.94

Paperback. The final section of the book depicts a spirited octogenarian whose contributions to American life continued even after more than a decade of official "retirement." Num Pages: 352 pages, 29, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; HBJK; HBLW; JN; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892677
ISBN
9780801892677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.59

Paperback. The final selection, the Announcement of The Johns Hopkins Medical School, stands as a landmark that foretells the beginning of a new era. Editor(s): Brieger, Gert H. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; MBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892684
ISBN
9780801892684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.46

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; 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: 1136 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; JPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 64. Weight in Grams: 1634.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894466
ISBN
9780801894466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 148.71

Paperback. Original and well told, this account argues that the greatest patriotic contribution of America's Midnight Rider was his work in helping the nation develop from a craft to an industrial economy. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 34, 14 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings, 19 black & white illustrat. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HBTK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897580
ISBN
9780801897580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.46

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: 1KBBE; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801897672
ISBN
9780801897672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.07

Hardcover. Examining rents and taxes in 19th- and 20th-century China, this text shows how in real terms, tax burdens on landlords rose due to higher state levies. Simultaneously, rents earned by landlords fell due to state interference and peasant resistance, csusing a progressive weakening of landlord power. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718806
ISBN
9780804718806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.58

Hardcover. A scholarly yet accessible resource for religious historians, mainline and evangelical ecumenists, liturgists, pastors, and educated laypersons. Series: ATLA Monograph Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC93. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810830585
ISBN
9780810830585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.91

Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 424 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; GBC; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 30. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810855939
ISBN
9780810855939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.76

Hardcover. Series: Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Politics and Political Eras. Num Pages: 1032 pages, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; GBC; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 162 x 65. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
1032
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810878174
ISBN
9780810878174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.62

Hardcover. Series: Historical Dictionaries of U.S. Politics and Political Eras. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; GBC; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 158 x 35. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810880337
ISBN
9780810880337
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.79

Hardcover. World War I and the Origins of U.S. Military Intelligence provides the most authoritative overview of the birth of the Army's modern use of intelligence services processes, starting with World War I. Num Pages: 272 pages, 35 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; HBJK; HBLW; HBWN; JWKF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810884595
ISBN
9780810884595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.38

Paperback. The story of Nat Turner and his slave rebellion - which began on August 21, 1831 - is known among school children and adults. This novel includes introduction by TBD (either Stanley Crouch, Cornell West, or Michael Dyson), as well as footnotes, a bibliography and historical supplementary material and documents. Num Pages: 208 pages, cl182 / bw / tt182 illustrations, cl / bw / tt photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; FX; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810972278
ISBN
9780810972278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.13

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