Books published by Johns Hopkins University Press

He explores the ways in which their writing presents "alternative spacesthat exist alongside of, and often counter to, the visible configurations of the dominant culture.

A history of the American hospital system, from the time of Jefferson's administration when they were largely charitable institutions working for the poor, through to the 20th century when hospitals became centres of learning and the primary care site for most citizens.

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In this text, Larry Diamond and Marc Plattner bring together a group of contributors to examine the tensions between new hopes for democratic reform and the ancient rivalries that threaten to extinguish them.

A guide to the locations, habitats and blooming periods of the many species of wildflower that grow in and around the Washington and Baltimore area. The book focuses on the more showy native and naturalized herbaceous plants of woods, fields, wetlands and parks.

They blend imaginistic detail and reflection and bring to contemporary subjects what Steele calls "the preservative virtues of formal care".

In a new foreword to this edition, he discusses developments in the study of the Eisenhower presidency in the dozen years since publication of the first edition and examines the continuing significance of Eisenhower's legacy for the larger understanding of presidential leadership in modern America.

George Steiner is a central figure on the contemporary intellectual scene. In this book, a group of eminent American and European critics offer an assessment of Steiner's work.

He analyzes the distribution of decision-making authority in Congress and offers a broader understanding of how the United States will develop a new foreign policy for the post-Cold War world.

An introduction to the relationship between economics and environmental policy, which covers such issues as: the changing role of economics, with growing environmental concern; the impact of markets and government policy; environmental protection through economic mechanisms; and other topics.

These essays address questions involved in assessing the relationship between democracy and alternative economic systems, such as: what specific aspects of capitalism and socialism are especially conducive or detrimental to democracy? Is there a viable "third way" between capitalism and socialism?

Written between AD 2 and 8, Ovid's poem, the "Metamorphoses", gave a great number of Greek and Roman myths the form in which they are known today. Slavitt, translator of "Ovid's Poetry of Exile", offers a new English verse translation of Ovid's "Metamorphoses".

From the author of "Frog", these short stories are about loss: culture, allurement, reliability, continuity, potency, companions, skill, child, parent, footing, prize, collection; as well as the flip-side of loss: imaginative recreation, creative refutation and self-destructive creation.

Let us re-learn, as hunter-gatherers knew to the core of their being, that this place and itsprocesses (even in our death) always takes care of us-that Homo's citizenship,and errand, rest not with any creed or state, but with 'that star's substancefrom which he had arisen.'"-from In the Spirit of the Earth

Argues that political scientists in a liberal democracy bear a special responsibility that goes beyond their academic pursuits. The author concludes with a case study - an analysis of the susceptibility of political culture to the influence of intellectuals and critics of the Constitution.

Likelihood is important reading for students and professionals in biology, mathematical sciences, and philosophy.

She analyzes the construction of boundaries between private and public spheres and examines the American political system's failure to accommodate difference within democratice order.

This strong stand did much to rationalize the institution of marriage and establish guidelines for the legitimacy of heirs.

The unexpurgated text, presented here with extensive notes and commentary, constitutes one of the richest and most evocative accounts ever written of colonial life-and one of the strongest indictments ever to appear against New World slavery.

Set within a few square blocks along the Thames, in Chelsea, Neighboring Lives is a glorious re-creation, based on historical fact, of the private and working lives of many of the nineteenth century's greatest writers and artists.

Since then, both traditional art forms and the modern mass media have contributed to the growing aestheticization of violence.

The author of "Eelgrassand "The Kentucky Storiesnow offers a collection of "mysterious and beautiful(Lee Smith) stories, "as subtle, syntactically graceful, and beautiful as any I've seen(Toby Olson).