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Hardback. Chronicles the lives of Black Americans from the years 1896 until 1954. This book discusses the forces leading to legal segregation; specific segregation laws, federal policy and segregation on a national level; and, early efforts to achieve civil rights. Num Pages: 128 pages, 90 archival images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5AK; YNH; YXN. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 262 x 227 x 18. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Abrams United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419700200
- ISBN
- 9781419700200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.76
€ 27.99
€ 25.76
Hardback. Exhuming the stories of the notable and not-so-famous figures who distilled the American spirit, the founders of Kings County Distillery now offer a rich history of whiskey, moonshine and other spirits. Num Pages: 224 pages, 70 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; TDCT1; WBXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781419720215
- ISBN
- 9781419720215
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.14
€ 30.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Slaves focused their energy and attention, however, not on making money, as slaveholders increasingly did, but on keeping their kin out of the human coffles of the slave trade. Series: Studies in Early American Economy and Society from the Library Company of Philadelphia. Num Pages: 296 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400365
- ISBN
- 9781421400365
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.10
€ 44.10
Those interested in debates about health care in Japan, the United States, and other countries, and especially scholars of comparative political development, will appreciate and learn from Yamagishi's study. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; JHB; JPB; MBPR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421400686
- ISBN
- 9781421400686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.38
€ 76.38
The contributors examine the latest research on pressing challenges, explore how states are coping with these challenges, and consider what the future holds for public postsecondary education in the United States. Editor(s): Heller, Donald E. Num Pages: 288 pages, 27, 27 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNM; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401218
- ISBN
- 9781421401218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Paperback. Your evening walk will never be the same once you come to know the quiet giants that line the city's streets. Illustrator(s): Smoke, Trudy. Num Pages: 296 pages, 275, 50 colour plates, 5 maps, 220 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401522
- ISBN
- 9781421401522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.50
€ 27.99
€ 24.50
User Unfriendly will be valuable to historians of technology, students of American culture, and anyone interested in our modern dependence on machines and gadgets. Num Pages: 296 pages, 13, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JM; HBJK; JFFT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421401928
- ISBN
- 9781421401928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.45
€ 71.45
With the thoroughness and resourcefulness that characterize the earlier volumes, she recounts the rich history of the courageous and resolute women determined to realize their scientific ambitions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 53, 36 black & white halftones, 17 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSJ1; PDX; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402338
- ISBN
- 9781421402338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 110.16
€ 110.16
Written by three prominent historians of the period, Slavery's Ghost forces readers to think critically about the way we study the past, the depth of racial prejudice, and how African Americans won and lost their freedom in nineteenth-century America. Series: The Marcus Cunliffe Lecture Series. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402352
- ISBN
- 9781421402352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.39
€ 60.39
This collection continues the conversation Warren began fifty years ago, although taking it in unorthodox and challenging directions, to offer fresh and stimulating perspectives on the war's presence in the collective imagination of the nation. Editor(s): Brown, Thomas J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402505
- ISBN
- 9781421402505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.82
€ 65.82
Combining economic theory with the history of technology, Making Tobacco Bright revises several narratives in American history, from colonial staple-crop agriculture to the origins of the tobacco industry to the rise of identity politics in the twentieth century. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in the History of Technology. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3J; HBTK; KNDF1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 231 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421402864
- ISBN
- 9781421402864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.44
€ 76.44
SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman Series: Witness to History. Num Pages: 168 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403113
- ISBN
- 9781421403113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.33
€ 72.33
In studying this phenomenon, Deslippe deepens our understanding of American democracy and neoconservatism in the late twentieth century and shows how the liberals' often contradictory positions of the 1960s and 1970s reflect the conflicted views about affirmative action many Americans still hold today. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPVH1; JPWF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403588
- ISBN
- 9781421403588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.69
€ 71.69
Featuring fifty-eight newly translated documents, meticulous annotations, and trenchant contextual analysis, this documentary history is an indispensable resource for anyone seeking to understand the Inquisition in general and its nearly three-hundred-year reign in the New World in particular. Editor(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Translator(s): Chuchiak, John F., IV. Num Pages: 464 pages, 17, 15 black & white halftones, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HRAM9. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 36. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403854
- ISBN
- 9781421403854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.60
€ 89.60
Tourists may want a life uncomplicated by technology, but would they be willing to drive around in horse-drawn buggies in order to achieve it?Trollinger's answers to important questions in her fascinating study of Amish Country tourism are sure to challenge readers' understanding of this surprising cultural phenomenon. Series: Young Center Books in Anabaptist and Pietist Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20, 4 maps, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNH; JFSR; KNSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404196
- ISBN
- 9781421404196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.97
€ 65.97
Based on careful study of Washington's personal diaries and correspondence and on the lively accounts of visitors to his estate, this richly illustrated book introduces a George Washington unfamiliar to many readers-an avid art collector, amateur architect, and leading landscape designer of his time. Num Pages: 344 pages, 181, 149 black & white illustrations, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AMV; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404325
- ISBN
- 9781421404325
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
Paperback. Its compact, portable design encourages naturalists, local residents, boaters, researchers, and the curious-minded alike to throw the guide in their pack and explore the botanical bounty of the Chesapeake Bay. Num Pages: 232 pages, 209, 208 colour illustrations, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBFM; 1KBBFV; PST; WNP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404981
- ISBN
- 9781421404981
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.53
€ 38.53
The first authoritative look at the history of the prescription itself, Prescribed is a groundbreaking book that subtly explores the politics of therapeutic authority and the relations between knowledge and practice in modern medicine. Editor(s): Greene, Jeremy A.; Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405063
- ISBN
- 9781421405063
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.99
€ 82.99
Paperback. The first authoritative look at the history of the prescription itself, Prescribed is a groundbreaking book that subtly explores the politics of therapeutic authority and the relations between knowledge and practice in modern medicine. Editor(s): Greene, Jeremy A.; Watkins, Elizabeth Siegel. Num Pages: 344 pages, 5, 4 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBN; MBX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405070
- ISBN
- 9781421405070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.25
€ 44.25
Paperback. Focuses on backroom politics and gives readers an insider's perspective on the efforts of policymakers from three presidential administrations to get past the naysayers and effect real and lasting policy changes. This title offers an overview of policymaking during the Clinton and George W Bush administrations. Editor(s): Levin, Martin A.; DiSalvo, Daniel; Shapiro, Martin M. Num Pages: 416 pages, 7, 4 graphs, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; 3JM; JPQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405094
- ISBN
- 9781421405094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.95
€ 43.95
Hardback. Devoted to the whole of Hamilton's political writing, this accessible and teachable analysis makes clear the enormous influence Hamilton had on the development of American political and economic institutions and policies. Series: The Political Philosophy of the American Founders. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLL; HPS; JPA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405384
- ISBN
- 9781421405384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.68
€ 65.68
No other book offers such a comprehensive brief history of the Maryland and Virginia colonies and their place within the emerging British Empire. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16, 13 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; 3JD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405551
- ISBN
- 9781421405551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.58
€ 62.58
Paperback. org. Editor(s): Keeling, Kara; Kun, Josh. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 440 pages, 29, 29 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JFD; PDR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405711
- ISBN
- 9781421405711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.39
€ 48.39
Drawing from archival records, patient files, and oral histories, Stern presents the fascinating story of the growth of genetic counseling practices, principles, and professionals. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19, 13 black & white halftones, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNTJ; MBDC; MBX; MFN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406671
- ISBN
- 9781421406671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.85
€ 78.85