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Society & social sciences
Paperback. Here Thomas Vennum brings this world to life. Num Pages: 378 pages, 77, 77 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBTB; JFSL9; WSJJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 378
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887642
- ISBN
- 9780801887642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.73
€ 45.73
Considering economic and political forces, flows of people and materials, and frames that define cultural and market situations as they play out in the artisan communities of these two countries, Wherry uncovers how authentic folk tradition is capitalized or created. Series: Themes in Global Social Change. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13, 6 black & white halftones, 5 black & white line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FMT; 1KLCR; AFT; JFFS; KND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887949
- ISBN
- 9780801887949
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.07
€ 74.07
Presents essays that share a common concern with investigating Enlightenment categories of historical understanding and determining how these categories helped shape Enlightenment culture. This work addresses the question of how eighteenth-century writers make sense of the past for their own practical, aesthetic, and ideological purposes. Editor(s): Zionkowski, Linda; Thomas, Professor Downing A. Num Pages: 300 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887956
- ISBN
- 9780801887956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
International relations scholars, policy makers, and military minds will be well served by its lessons. Num Pages: 248 pages, 10, 3 black & white line drawings, 7 maps. BIC Classification: JPHV; JWA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888014
- ISBN
- 9780801888014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.06
€ 54.99
€ 46.06
Paperback. Mellow offers a new way to comprehend the meaning and significance of American partisanship for our time and for the future. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23, 13 graphs, 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888168
- ISBN
- 9780801888168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.74
€ 42.74
Chaudhury encourages health care professionals and activity leaders to embrace a personhood-affirming mode of care and provides tools and information for nonprofessionals who want to connect with, understand, and better appreciate people with dementia. Num Pages: 144 pages, 35, 35 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JKSG; MBP; MJND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888267
- ISBN
- 9780801888267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.61
€ 54.61
Focusing on paternity as a category of family history, Contested Paternity emphasizes the importance of fatherhood, the family, and the law within the greater context of changing attitudes toward parental responsibility. Num Pages: 368 pages, 14, 14 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888328
- ISBN
- 9780801888328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Paperback. With graphic prints, photographs, a timeline, and a glossary, this engaging and insightful technography sheds light on one of the most important inventions in the history of the human race. Num Pages: 208 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JWM; TBX; WSXS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801888366
- ISBN
- 9780801888366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.37
€ 32.37
Offering new data on and fresh interpretations of reforming central bank policies, privatizing banks with foreign capital, democratizing civil-military relations, and denationalizing defense policy, In Pursuit of Liberalism extends well beyond the scope of previous book-length studies. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JPSN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889776
- ISBN
- 9780801889776
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.85
€ 73.85
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 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889882
- ISBN
- 9780801889882
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.22
€ 69.22
Paperback. New Choices, New Families provides thoughtful insights into questions about sexual identity, social and cultural expectations, and what and who constitute a family. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSK1; JHBK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890000
- ISBN
- 9780801890000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.89
€ 37.89
Illuminating the ethnic, political, and personal diversity of women physicians, the book reveals them as dedicated professionals who grapple with obstacles and embrace challenges, even as they negotiate their own health, sexuality, and body images, the needs of their patients, and the rise of the women's health movement. Editor(s): More, Ellen S.; Fee, Elizabeth; Parry, Manon. Num Pages: 376 pages, 28, 9 black & white line drawings, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: JFSJ1; MBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890376
- ISBN
- 9780801890376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.07€ 59.96
€ 66.07
€ 59.96
Breslin draws a critically important distinction between constitutional texts and constitutional practice. Series: The Johns Hopkins Series in Constitutional Thought. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPA; JPHC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890512
- ISBN
- 9780801890512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.60
€ 67.60
Paperback. Schamis, Andreas Schedler, Mitchell A. Seligson, Lourdes Sola, Arturo Valenzuela, Donna Lee Van Cott Editor(s): Diamond, Larry; Plattner, Marc F.; Abente Brun, Diego. Series: A Journal of Democracy Book. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890598
- ISBN
- 9780801890598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63
Hardcover. Using a wide range of sources, Marlene Laruelle discusses the impact of the ideology of Eurasianism on geopolitics, interior policy, foreign policy, and culturalist philosophy. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1F; JPF; JPSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890734
- ISBN
- 9780801890734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.71
€ 73.71
Measuring Democracy offers specific, real-world lessons that scholars and practitioners can use to improve the quality and utility of data about democracy. Series: Democratic Transition and Consolidation. Num Pages: 200 pages, 7, 7 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801890925
- ISBN
- 9780801890925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.96
€ 72.96
Using an array of personal and public writings, The Overflowing of Friendship will transform our understanding of early American manhood as well as challenge us to reconsider the ways we think about gender in this period. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; HBTB; JFSJ2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891205
- ISBN
- 9780801891205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.57
€ 51.57
Fully revised and featuring an examination of how each of the presidents learned from history and juggled the demands on diplomacy, this comparative study of presidential war-making elucidates how effective executive leadership-or its absence-directly affects the outcome of wars. Series: The American Moment. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; JPQB; JWL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891236
- ISBN
- 9780801891236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.62
€ 77.62
By exploring the intellectual activities pursued by these faculty and their ongoing efforts to develop and define their academic interests, Professing to Learn directs the attention of higher education professionals and policy makers to the core aim of higher education: the creation of academic knowledge through research, teaching, and service. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891311
- ISBN
- 9780801891311
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.38
€ 64.38
Incorporating rich data from seven years of observations, interviews, and research, Richardson and Martinez offer a clear comparative framework for understanding state higher education. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JNF; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801891618
- ISBN
- 9780801891618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.34
€ 63.34