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The Rise of American Research Universities. Elites and Challengers in ...
Graham, Hugh Davis; Diamond, Nancy
Paperback. Before the Second World War, few universities in the United States could compete as research institutions with their European counterparts. Since 1945, however, America's top research universities are the best in the world. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801880636
- ISBN
- 9780801880636
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Condition: New
€ 40.23
€ 40.23
Paperback. ; Ziya Onis; Koc University; Soli Ozel, Bilgi University, Istanbul; William Quandt, University of Virginia; Jillian Schwedler, University of Maryland, College Park; Jean-Francois Seznec, Columbia University and Georgetown University; Emmanuel Sivan, Hebrew University; Mohamed Talbi, independent scholar; Robin Wright, Los Angeles Times. Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F.; Brumberg, Daniel. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; HRH; JPA; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801878480
- ISBN
- 9780801878480
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Condition: New
€ 41.47
€ 41.47
Paperback. This book will be of interest to mental health care professionals, including psychiatrists, psychologists, and social workers, who treat patients with sexual disorders. Num Pages: 176 pages, 9, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JMU; MMH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 242.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801875274
- ISBN
- 9780801875274
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Condition: New
€ 33.75
€ 33.75
Paperback. The authors show how theoretical principles of a properly constructed Senate interacted with political interests and power politics in the multidimensional struggle to construct the Senate, before, during, and after the convention. Series: Interpreting American Politics. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPA; JPHC; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874390
- ISBN
- 9780801874390
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Condition: New
€ 32.65
€ 32.65
This book will be of interest to administrators of teaching hospitals as well as professionals in health policy and management. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 1KBBFM; JNK; JNU; MBPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801874208
- ISBN
- 9780801874208
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Condition: New
€ 76.91
€ 76.91
Bred for Perfection provides the historical context in which this system arose, adding to our understanding of how domestication works and how our welfare-since the dawn of time-has been intertwined with the lives of animals. Series: Animals, History, Culture. Num Pages: 216 pages, 16, 16 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: HBT; JFFZ; PDX; TVHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873447
- ISBN
- 9780801873447
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Condition: New
€ 61.55
€ 61.55
The Western Construction of Religion not only provides a critical assessment of the whole history of "religionas it is understood in the West but offers better ways of constructing the study of this central part of human experience. Translator(s): Sayers, William. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: HRAB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873201
- ISBN
- 9780801873201
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Condition: New
€ 66.69
€ 66.69
David Macey, Jr., " Et in Arcadia Ego?: Thomas Amory, Mary Hamilton, and the (Re)Construction of Arcadia"Howard Irving, "John Marsh and the Ancient-Modern Polemic"Amy Wyngaard, "Revising Rousseau: Young Legrand d'Aussy and the Challenge to Enlightenment Constructions of the Peasantry, 1787-1794" Editor(s): Mostefai, Ourida; Ingrassia, Catherine. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801872563
- ISBN
- 9780801872563
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Condition: New
€ 50.11
€ 50.11
Paperback. While acknowledging the political context of all public administration systems, they argue that effective management of these systems nevertheless provides the key to good government performance. Series: Johns Hopkins Studies in Governance and Public Management. Num Pages: 216 pages, 4, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801872280
- ISBN
- 9780801872280
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Condition: New
€ 37.33
€ 37.33
Paperback. A collection of essays from feminist critics, each of which explores the history of the English novel, literature's place in cultural debate and women's studies. They begin with the fictions of the late 17th century and end with Maria Edgeworth and Jane Austen. Editor(s): Backscheider, Paula R. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5, 5 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870958
- ISBN
- 9780801870958
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Condition: New
€ 41.09
€ 41.09
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
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Condition: New
€ 40.73
€ 40.73
Paperback. Luciak cautions that while active measures to advance the political role of women have strengthened formal gender equality, only the joint efforts of both sexes can lead to a successful transformation of society based on democratic governance and substantive gender equality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCG; 1KLCN; 1KLCS; JFSJ1; JPA; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867804
- ISBN
- 9780801867804
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Condition: New
€ 43.66
€ 43.66
Paperback. We invent the past, Wood concludes, in our own image-as nineteenth-century villagers did quite literally and as suburban developers do today. Num Pages: 248 pages, 82, 82 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX; JFSF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801866135
- ISBN
- 9780801866135
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Condition: New
€ 41.83
€ 41.83
Paperback. The only way to reverse the historical trends that have made Los Angeles increasingly unliveable, Fulton concludes, is to confront the prevailing "cocoon citizenship,the mind-set that prevents the city's inhabitants and leaders from recognizing Los Angeles's patchwork of communities as a single metropolis. Num Pages: 424 pages, 74, 13 maps, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; HBT; JPQB; RPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801865060
- ISBN
- 9780801865060
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Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. By providing an in-depth analysis of the news media's role in the American political system, Uncertain Guardians challenges us to re-evaluate much of what we take for granted as news consumers and to think about how to improve political communication. Series: Interpreting American Politics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFD; JP; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801860362
- ISBN
- 9780801860362
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Condition: New
€ 38.46
€ 38.46
Paperback. In his controversial essay (1925), Vasconcelos predicted the coming of a new age, the Aesthetic Era, in which joy, love, fantasy, and creativity would prevail. Marriage would be dictated by love and beauty, giving birth to a new "cosmic race". The text is presented here in a bilingual edition. Translator(s): Jaen, Didier T. Series: Race in the Americas. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; JFSL; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 202 x 11. Weight in Grams: 200.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801856556
- ISBN
- 9780801856556
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Condition: New
€ 33.24
€ 33.24
Paperback. Though they were acquitted, these same defendants were soon being ostracized by their own neighbors, and within four months of Till's death, Southern blacks were staging the historic Montgomery bus boycott-the first major battle in the coming war against racial injustice that would lead to the passage of civil rights legislation a decade later. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBSM; BGH; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801843266
- ISBN
- 9780801843266
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Condition: New
€ 31.05
€ 31.05
Paperback. Exploring the "morphogenesisof the city in Western civilization, this new edition contains updated material, a new introduction, and additional illustrations. Num Pages: 552 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFH; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 964.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801838026
- ISBN
- 9780801838026
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Condition: New
€ 52.86
€ 52.86
Paperback. "Rosen has broken entirely new ground in what will surely remain the definitive study of urban prostitution in America for many years to come." -- Times Literary Supplement Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK; JFMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801826658
- ISBN
- 9780801826658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63
paperback. Translator(s): Gregory, P. Num Pages: 352 pages, vii,333. BIC Classification: HRA; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Publisher
- JHUP London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801822186
- ISBN
- 9780801822186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72