Johns Hopkins University Press: 958 books
The Boy Problem
Educating Boys in Urban America, 1870–1970
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2014
America’s educational system has a problem with boys, and it’s nothing new.
The question of what to do with boys—the "boy problem"—has vexed educators and social commentators for more than a century. Contemporary debates about poor academic performance of boys, especially...
Caring for Children Who Have Severe Neurological Impairment
A Life with Grace
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Global impairment of the central nervous system, whether stable or progressive, is often called severe neurological impairment (SNI). A child who has SNI will be cared for both by specialist clinicians and by parents at home. A parent is a child’s best expert and advocate, and many parents become...
Shays's Rebellion
Authority and Distress in Post-Revolutionary America
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Throughout the late summer and fall of 1786, farmers in central and western Massachusetts organized themselves into armed groups to protest against established authority and aggressive creditors. Calling themselves "regulators" or the "voice of the people," these crowds attempted...
by Jae Choe
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2012
In the great naturalist tradition of E. O. Wilson, Jae Choe takes readers into a miniature world dominated by six-legged organisms. This is the world of the ant, an insect that humans, as well as most other life forms, depend upon for their very survival.
Easily one of the most important animals...
Geckos
The Animal Answer Guide
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Q: How do geckos walk across ceilings?
A: Millions of hair-like setae on each foot.
Q: Where do geckos come from?
A: Throughout the world. Usually where it’s warm.
Q: How many species of geckos are there?
A: Close to 1,500 and counting!
Q: What do they eat?
A: Insects mostly.
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America and the World
Culture, Commerce, Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2011
Although the twenty-first century may well be the age of globalization, this book demonstrates that America has actually been at the cutting edge of globalization since Columbus landed here five centuries ago.
Lawrence A. Peskin and Edmund F. Wehrle explore America's evolving connections with...
Making Sense of IBS
A Physician Answers Your Questions about Irritable Bowel Syndrome
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
IBS, which affects almost one in six Americans, is characterized by abdominal pain, bloating, gas, and diarrhea or constipation. Today more than ever before, physicians are able to diagnose this complex disorder, understand and explain its origins, and develop a treatment plan that effectively meets...
Tiger Check
Automating the US Air Force Fighter Pilot in Air-to-Air Combat, 1950–1980
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Spurred by their commanders during the Korean War to be "tigers," aggressive and tenacious American fighter pilots charged headlong into packs of fireball-spewing enemy MiGs, relying on their keen eyesight, piloting finesse, and steady trigger fingers to achieve victory. But by the 1980s,...
by David Rudrum
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2013
Stanley Cavell is widely recognized as one of America's most important contemporary philosophers, and his legacy and writings continue to attract considerable attention among literary critics and theorists. Stanley Cavell and the Claim of Literature comprehensively addresses the importance of literature...
by David Chrisinger
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Students and professionals across a variety of disciplines need to write public policy in a manner that inspires action and genuine change. You may have amazing ideas about how to improve the world, but if you aren’t able to communicate these ideas well, they simply won’t become reality. In Public...
Between Church and State
Religion and Public Education in a Multicultural America
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
Today, the ongoing controversy about the place—or lack of place—of religion in public schools is a burning issue in the United States. Prayer at football games, creationism in the classroom, the teaching of religion and morals, and public funding for private religious schools are just a few of...
by Jan Baars
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
In this deeply considered meditation on aging in Western culture, Jan Baars argues that, in today’s world, living longer does not necessarily mean living better. He contends that there has been an overall loss of respect for aging, to the point that understanding and "dealing with" aging...
Amish Quilts
Crafting an American Icon
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2013
Quilts have become a cherished symbol of Amish craftsmanship and the beauty of the simple life. Country stores in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and other tourist regions display row after row of handcrafted quilts. In luxury homes, office buildings, and museums, the quilts have been preserved and...
Living in Death’s Shadow
Family Experiences of Terminal Care and Irreplaceable Loss
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
What is it like to live with—and love—someone whose death, while delayed, is nevertheless foretold? In Living in Death’s Shadow, Emily K. Abel, an expert on the history of death and dying, examines memoirs written between 1965 and 2014 by family members of people who died from chronic disease....