Books published by Johns Hopkins University Press

Ultimately, Comparison argues for the importance of greater self-reflexivity about the politics and methods of comparison in teaching and in research.

Jaskoski looks briefly at this theory's implications for military responsiveness to government orders in democratic Bolivia, Colombia, and Venezuela, and in newly formed democracies more broadly.

Triumph, tragedy, frustration, and elation await those who set off on careers in public health, and Ten Lessons in Public Health is destined to become a classic book that puts the field into perspective.

A Nation of Small Shareholders puts the role of individual investors in broader, long-term perspective.

He locates an increasingly articulate and refined sense of simplicity and virtue among these visitors and a gradual disappearance of their feelings of awe and inferiority.

Secession Winter explores the fact of contingency and reminds readers and students that nothing was foreordained.

Kinship and Cohort in an Aging Society will appeal to scholars working in sociology, psychology, gerontology, family studies, and social work.

By asking questions about authenticity, cultural appropriation, and commodification, Thrill of the Chaste considers Amish fiction's effects on Amish and non-Amish audiences alike.

Free Clinics will be useful to policymakers, students and faculty in public health and health policy programs, and clinicians and students who are embarking on launching new clinics.

Wolkow have produced an accurate and elegant translation accompanied by rich commentary.

The Quick Guide to Wild Edible Plants is a great gift for the beginning naturalist and the perfect addition to every serious forager's library.

His sharp, bright imagery affirms the unique beauty of our world and explores its invisible mysteries.

Sounding Imperial offers a more nuanced sense of poetry's unseen role in larger historical processes, emphasizing not just appropriation or collusion but the murky middle range in which most British authors operated during their colonial encounters and the voices that they used to make those cross-cultural encounters seem vivid and alive.

Anyone who owns a gecko, has seen them in the wild, or has wondered about them will appreciate this gem of a book.

SynnottJeffrey A. TurnerErica WhittingtonJoy Ann Williamson-Lott

SynnottJeffrey A. TurnerErica WhittingtonJoy Ann Williamson-Lott

She employs Julia Domna as a case study to explore the creation of ideology between the emperor and its subjects.

Backscheider looks to archival materials, literary analysis, biographical evidence, and a configuration of cultural and feminist theories to prove her groundbreaking argument.

Given the long-standing belief that children ought to be shielded from disturbing life events, it is surprising to see how many stories for kids involve killing. This title offers a study of this pervasive theme of murder in children's literature. It adds to the body of inquiry into America's ongoing fascination with violent crime.

This edition includes a new preface and an updated bibliography.

The book includes appendices with translations of German primary sources and discussion questions.

They often lived lives of apparent desperation.

The Poetics of Consent reveals the ways in which consensus and collective decision making determined the authoritative account of the Trojan War that we know as the Iliad.

News and World Report, MSNBC Online, and other international venues, this groundbreaking work will be a landmark in the study of ancient warfare.

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Rather, it is a collection of episodic little histories.

Extensive primary research and a rubric that can be applied to burgeoning democracies offer readers valuable tools and information.

Extensive primary research and a rubric that can be applied to burgeoning democracies offer readers valuable tools and information.

The resulting picture of the emotional agency of criticism opens up a new angle on Blake's literary and visual legacy and offers a vivid interrogation of the practical potential of theoretical discourse.

Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time.