.png){kind=logo}
Regional & national history
Results 8545 - 8568 of 26002
Regional & national history
Paperback. Their dramatic story exposes the underside of the American dream and the haunting consequences of trying to strike it rich. Num Pages: 328 pages, 9, 4 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JH; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892578
- ISBN
- 9780801892578
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.05
€ 47.05
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
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
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
€ 44.85
€ 44.85
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: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893247
- ISBN
- 9780801893247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.69
€ 85.69
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; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; HBJF; HBJK; HBLW3; HBWS2; JWT; MQC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801893919
- ISBN
- 9780801893919
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.76
€ 69.76
Kennedy's systematic and thoughtful study distinguishes southern approaches to childbirth and motherhood from northern ones, showing how slavery and rural living contributed to a particularly southern experience. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; HBJK; HBTB; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894176
- ISBN
- 9780801894176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.17
€ 84.17
Documentary History of the First Federal Congress of the United States...
. Ed(S): United States Congress; Bowling, Ken...
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
€ 157.59
€ 157.59
Hardback. Mathematicians and historians of mathematics and science will find in The Chinese Roots of Linear Algebra new ways to conceptualize the intellectual development of linear algebra. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5, 5 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJH; PBF; PBX; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897559
- ISBN
- 9780801897559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.97€ 63.20
€ 68.97
€ 63.20
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
€ 44.86
€ 44.86
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
€ 61.43
€ 61.43
Polemical Pain shows how the debate over slavery's cruelty played a large, unrecognized role in shaping moral categories that remain pertinent today. Series: New Studies in American Intellectual and Cultural History. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBJK; HBTS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1660.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898525
- ISBN
- 9780801898525
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.41
€ 73.41
Paperback. Finally, Policing Democracy probes democratic politics, power relations, and regional disparities of security and reform to establish a framework for understanding the crisis and moving beyond it. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8, 2 maps, 6 figures. BIC Classification: HBJK; JPB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801898587
- ISBN
- 9780801898587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.55
€ 41.55
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Grove Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802141897
- ISBN
- 9780802141897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.76
€ 15.76
The Middle East and Islamic World Reader. An Historical Reader for the...
. Ed(S): Gettleman, Marvin E.; Schaar, Stuart
Paperback. The Muslim world is rich and diverse, yet few Westerners are familiar with the writings and teachings of a culture that is at the forefront of world events. This title assembles a selection of documents and contemporary scholarship to give a view of the history of the peoples from the core Islamic lands, from the Golden Age of Islam onwards. Editor(s): Gettleman, Marvin E.; Schaar, Stuart. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; HBJF1; HBJH; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802145772
- ISBN
- 9780802145772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.07
€ 21.99
€ 21.07
Hardcover. Martin Sandler breaks new ground with an in depth look at Japanese internment during WWII Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; HBJK; HBWQ; JFSL1; JWXR. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 272 x 226 x 18. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802722775
- ISBN
- 9780802722775
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.69
€ 27.99
€ 26.69
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
€ 111.65
€ 111.65
Based on extensive research in the Russian archives, this book examines the Soviet approach to the Vietnam conflict between the 1954 Geneva conference on Indochina and late 1963, when the overthrow of the South Vietnamese president Ngo Dinh Diem and the assassination of John F. Kennedy radically transformed the conflict. Series: Cold War International History Project. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1FMV; 3JJP; HBJD; HBJF; HBLW3; HBWS2; JPS; JW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804747127
- ISBN
- 9780804747127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.05
€ 85.05
Linking economic and social historical research methods with special reference to the evolution of the industrial labor force, To Live to Work offers an account of the popular expansion of gender, labor and political consciousnesses among working women in colonial Korea (1910-1945). Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 tables, 4 figures, 19 illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPK; HBJF; HBTB; JFSJ1; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804759090
- ISBN
- 9780804759090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.73
€ 52.73
Reformed Confessionalism in Nineteenth Century America: Essays on the ...
Hamstra, Sam, Griffioen, Arie J.
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
€ 118.59
€ 118.59
This dictionary of Lebanese history and culture covers diverse subject areas such as political leaders, actors, writers, singers, militia groups and military aspects. Rarely discussed topics are also included: for example, AIDS and prostitution. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Asia, Oceania and the Middle East. Num Pages: 296 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1FBL; GBC; HBJF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833951
- ISBN
- 9780810833951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.05
€ 173.05
Hardcover. Presents information in concise and informative entries on many of the significant civilian and military persons, crucial diplomatic and political actions, as well as the essential military aspects of the Persian Gulf War. Series: Historical Dictionaries of War, Revolution & Civil Unrest. Num Pages: 424 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 3JJPR; GBC; HBJF1; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 29. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810835115
- ISBN
- 9780810835115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.58
€ 165.58
Series: Historical Dictionaries of Europe. Num Pages: 428 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUF; GBC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810849143
- ISBN
- 9780810849143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.26
€ 191.26
Previously published as: Historical dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo / by Emizet Franocois Kisangani and F. Scott Bobb. 2010. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Num Pages: 570 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFJZ; GBC; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 40. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810849198
- ISBN
- 9780810849198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 237.63
€ 237.63
Historical Dictionary of Zambia (Historical Dictionaries of Africa)
Simon, David J., Pletcher, James R., Siegel, ...
Hardcover. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Africa. Num Pages: 680 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1HFMZ; HBJH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1122.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 680
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810853058
- ISBN
- 9780810853058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 262.46
€ 262.46