The Americas

The Farmers´ Game: Baseball in Rural America

David Vaught

Hardback. Vaught's deeply researched exploration of baseball's rural roots helps explain its enduring popularity. Num Pages: 232 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KNSP; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 232
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SKU: V9781421407555
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Eating Smoke: Fire in Urban America, 1800–1950

Mark Tebeau

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.

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Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition: Reprint
Number of pages: 440
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SKU: V9781421407623
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Brutes in Suits: Male Sensibility in America, 1890–1920

John Pettegrew

Paperback. This timely assessment of the evolution of masculine culture will be welcomed and debated by social and intellectual historians for years to come. Series: Gender Relations in the American Experience. Num Pages: 424 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JFFP; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 616.

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Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition: Reprint
Number of pages: 424
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SKU: V9781421407647
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Here Lies Jim Crow: Civil Rights in Maryland

C. Fraser Smith

Paperback. "Little Willie" Adams, and Walter Sondheim-who prepared Jim Crow's grave and waited for the nation to deliver the body. Num Pages: 340 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 3JJP; HBTB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.

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Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition: Reprint
Number of pages: 344
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SKU: V9781421407654
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This Land: The Battle over Sprawl and the Future of America

Anthony Flint

Paperback. Despite a modest revival in city living, Americans are spreading out more than ever - into "exurbs" and "boomburbs" miles from anywhere, in big houses in big subdivisions. This book tells the untold story of development in America - how the landscape is shaped by a furious clash of political, economic and cultural forces. Num Pages: 312 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMVD; JFSF; JPP; JPR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.

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Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition: Updated
Number of pages: 312
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SKU: V9781421407814
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To Touch the Face of God: The Sacred, the Profane, and the American Sp...

Kendrick Oliver

Hardback. Oliver's study is rigorous and detailed but contemplative in its approach, examining the larger meanings of mankind's first adventures in "the heavens." Series: New Series in NASA History. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBTB; TRP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 248
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SKU: V9781421407883
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Religion and Politics in Europe and the United States: Transnational H...

Volker Depkat (Ed.)

Hardback. The contributors-political scientists, historians, and sociologists from the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, and Austria-shed a uniquely transnational light on the debates that have shaped the world we currently live in, from capital punishment to concepts of ethnicity to religions in conflict. Editor(s): Depkat, Volker; Martschukat, Jurgen. Num Pages: 360 pages, 3, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; HRAM2; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 360
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SKU: V9781421408101
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Outlier States: American Strategies to Change, Contain, or Engage Regi...

Robert S. Litwak

Paperback. In the Bush era Iran and North Korea were branded "rogue" states. The Obama administration has chosen instead to call the countries nuclear "outliers" and has proposed means other than regime change to bring them back into the community of nations. This book raises questions about its feasibility and its possible consequences. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPB; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.

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Publication date: 2012
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 256
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SKU: V9781421408125
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Rebellion in Black and White: Southern Student Activism in the 1960s

Robert Cohen

Hardback. SynnottJeffrey A. TurnerErica WhittingtonJoy Ann Williamson-Lott Editor(s): Cohen, Robert; Snyder, David J. Num Pages: 368 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; JNKS; JNM; JPW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 635.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 368
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SKU: V9781421408491
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Free Clinics: Local Responses to Health Care Needs

Virginia M. Brennan

Paperback. Free Clinics will be useful to policymakers, students and faculty in public health and health policy programs, and clinicians and students who are embarking on launching new clinics. Editor(s): Brennan, Virginia M. Num Pages: 296 pages, 11, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition: 1st Edition
Number of pages: 296
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SKU: V9781421408842
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Secession Winter: When the Union Fell Apart

Robert J. Cook

Paperback. Secession Winter explores the fact of contingency and reminds readers and students that nothing was foreordained. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBWJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 192.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 136
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SKU: V9781421408965
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Suing Alma Mater: Higher Education and the Courts

Michael A. Olivas

Paperback. Suing Alma Mater provides a clear-eyed perspective on the legal issues facing higher education today. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNM; LNTD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 240
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SKU: V9781421409238
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Zbig: The Strategy and Statecraft of Zbigniew Brzezinski

Charles Gati

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.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition: First Edition
Number of pages: 280
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Marrow of Tragedy: The Health Crisis of the American Civil War

Margaret Humphreys

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.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages: 400
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SKU: V9781421409993
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Race, Empire, and the Crisis of the Subprime

Paula Chakravartty

Paperback. SquiresMichael J. WattsElvin Wyly Editor(s): Chakravartty, Paula; Silva, Denise Ferreira da. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 344 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; KCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.

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Number of pages: 344
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The Housing Bomb: Why Our Addiction to Houses Is Destroying the Enviro...

M. Nils Peterson

Hardback. The "housing bomb" is ticking, and our choice is clear-change our approach or feel the blast. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18, 17 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 224
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Flawed Logics: Strategic Nuclear Arms Control from Truman to Obama

James H. Lebovic

Paperback. Lebovic's controversial argument will promote debate as to the very plausibility of arms control. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHL; JPS; JWK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 312
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SKU: V9781421411026
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DeWitt Clinton and Amos Eaton: Geology and Power in Early New York

David I. Spanagel

Hardback. Deeply researched, this book will interest historians of nineteenth-century American arts and science, politics, and technological development. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10, 7 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; KCZ; PDX; RBGL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.

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Publication date: 2014
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National Security through a Cockeyed Lens: How Cognitive Bias Impacts ...

Steve A. Yetiv

Paperback. His concluding chapter examines a range of debiasing techniques, exploring how they can improve decision making. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JMR; JPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 151 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.

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Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages: 168
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Leaving without Losing: The War on Terror after Iraq and Afghanistan

Mark N. Katz

Paperback. Anyone concerned with the future of the War on Terror will find Katz's argument highly thought provoking. Num Pages: 164 pages, 2, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; HBJF1; HBJK; HBWS4; HBWS5; JPS; JPWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 236.

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Publication date: 2013
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Number of pages: 168
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SKU: V9781421411835
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Collecting Shakespeare:

Stephen H. Grant

Hardback. He draws on interviews with surviving Folger relatives and visits to 35 related archives in the United States and in Britain to create a portrait of the remarkable couple who ensured that Shakespeare would have a beautiful home in America. Num Pages: 264 pages, 32, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSGS; GLMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.

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Publication date: 2014
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
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SKU: V9781421411873
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Tapping into The Wire: The Real Urban Crisis

Peter L. Beilenson

Paperback. With a firm grasp on the hard truths of real-world problems, Tapping into 'The Wire' helps undo misconceptions and encourage a dialogue of understanding. Num Pages: 234 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFFH1; JFSG; JKV; MBN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.

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Publication date: 2013
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition: 1st Edition
Number of pages: 232
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SKU: V9781421411903
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