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Paperback. The Evolution of American Ecology, 1890-2000 offers an innovative study not only of the scientific landscape in turn-of-the-century America, but of current questions in ecological science. Num Pages: 328 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; PDX; PSAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890871
ISBN
9780801890871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

Paperback. In addition, this detailed industry case study helps explain information technology's so-called productivity paradox, showing that firms took roughly two decades to achieve the initial computerization and process integration that the industry set as objectives in the 1950s. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 364 pages, 42, 28 black & white halftones, 14 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; KFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890864
ISBN
9780801890864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. Through extensive archival research and a systematic study of sample programs from Sesame Street's first ten seasons, Morrow tells the story of Sesame Street's creation; the ideas, techniques, organization, and funding behind it; its place in public discourse; and its ultimate and unfortunate failure as an agent of commercial television reform. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16, 14 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFDT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890857
ISBN
9780801890857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. Tracing the transformation of the film industry into a legitimate "big businessof the 1920s, and explaining the fate of the female filmmaker during the silent era, Mahar demonstrates how industrial growth and change can unexpectedly open-and close-opportunities for women. Series: Studies in Industry and Society. Num Pages: 332 pages, 27, 27 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; APFX; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 489.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890840
ISBN
9780801890840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.39

Hardback. Comprehensive and carefully researched, Edge of Crisis explains the broad array of factors that led up to the French invasion of Spain in early 1808. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KL; 3JF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HBTQ; KCZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1021.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801890468
ISBN
9780801890468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.11
€ 74.49

Hardback. Gelber's highly readable and lively prose makes clear how this unique economic ritual survived into the industrial twentieth century, in the process adding a colorful and interesting chapter to the history of the automobile. Series: Gender Relations in the American Experience. Num Pages: 248 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFT; KJS; KNPR; WGCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889974
ISBN
9780801889974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.94
€ 51.03

Paperback. In assessing these threats, David contends that the United States's only viable option is to view other-state civil upheaval similarly to natural disasters and to develop a coherent, effective emergency response mechanism, which does not exist today in any systemic, nationwide form. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPS; JWL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801889899
ISBN
9780801889899
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.51

Paperback. Includes essays from a issue of "American Quarterly" that explores the complex and sometimes contradictory ways that religion matters in contemporary public life. This work offers a conversation between scholars in American studies and religious studies. It explores numerous modes through which religious faith has mobilized political action. Editor(s): Griffith, R. Marie; McAlister, Melani. Series: A Special Issue of American Quarterly. Num Pages: 552 pages, 20, 20 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HRA; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888687
ISBN
9780801888687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.51

Paperback. population, and present a balanced-and reassuring-assessment of the future. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9, 8 black & white line drawings, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSP31; JKSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888649
ISBN
9780801888649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. From unthinkable hardship to dreams of fur trade profits, this fascinating exploration sheds new light on France and its imperial venture into the Great Lakes. Series: Regional Perspectives on Early America. Num Pages: 224 pages, 9, 3 black & white halftones, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; 3JF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888380
ISBN
9780801888380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.37

Hardback. Both a guide for visitors and a reference for serious historians, Washington Sculpture offers the most comprehensive examination of urban sculpture in the nation's capital. Num Pages: 848 pages, 797, 796 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 214 x 53. Weight in Grams: 2688.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
848
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888106
ISBN
9780801888106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.11
€ 79.28

Paperback. This book will interest scholars of Latin American politics, democratization studies, market reform, and comparative politics and international relations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 1KLSH; JPH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801888007
ISBN
9780801888007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.42

Paperback. foreign policy are rippling across the globe, The Absence of Grand Strategy offers key insight into the nature and evolution of American foreign policy in the Gulf. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1KBB; JPS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887826
ISBN
9780801887826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Many of the pieces collected here have not been published since their first appearance, making From Traveling Show to Vaudeville an indispensable resource for historians of popular culture, theater, and nineteenth-century American society. Editor(s): Lewis, Robert M. Num Pages: 400 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887482
ISBN
9780801887482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.16

Paperback. At a time when clinical care and biomedical research generate as much angst as they offer cures, this volume provides valuable insight into how the practice of medicine has evolved, where it is going, and how lessons from history can improve its prognosis. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887161
ISBN
9780801887161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.28

Hardback. From the great horned to the tiny elf owl, this amazing volume captures the beauty and mystery of these charismatic birds of prey. Num Pages: 264 pages, 207, 188 colour illustrations, 19 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; PSVW6; WNCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886874
ISBN
9780801886874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.73

Hardback. Emphasizing the centrality of religious practices to the enterprise of divine healing, Curtis sheds light on the relationship among Christian faith, medical science, and the changing meanings of suffering and healing in American culture. Series: Lived Religions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 19, 19 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HRCM; MX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886867
ISBN
9780801886867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.71
€ 52.56

Paperback. Showcasing cutting-edge theoretical debates, Promoting Democracy in the Americas offers a much needed reality check on whether international and transnational actors are indeed successful in their efforts to promote democracy and, if so, exactly what type of democracy they envision. Editor(s): Legler, Thomas; Lean, Sharon F.; Boniface, Dexter S. Num Pages: 360 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886768
ISBN
9780801886768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.01

Hardback. The authors suggest that, rather than continuing their standoff, the two sectors could mutually benefit from examining each other's culture, practices, and outcomes. Num Pages: 232 pages, 15, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNKG; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886577
ISBN
9780801886577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.87

Paperback. Her insights will engage all those interested in America's historic and current battles with addiction. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; JFFH; MMZR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1 Reprint
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801886201
ISBN
9780801886201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.39

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