Johns Hopkins University Press: 958 books
Vaccine
The Debate in Modern America
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
Since 1990, the number of mandated vaccines has increased dramatically. Today, a fully vaccinated child will have received nearly three dozen vaccinations between birth and age six. Along with the increase in number has come a growing wave of concern among parents about the unintended side effects...
The Farmers' Game
Baseball in Rural America
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2013
Anyone who has watched the film Field of Dreams can’t help but be captivated by the lead character’s vision. He gives his struggling farming community a magical place where the smell of roasted peanuts gently wafts over the crowded grandstand on a warm summer evening just as the star pitcher takes...
Arthur Ashe
Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
Arthur Ashe explains how this iconic African American tennis player overcame racial and class barriers to reach the top of the tennis world in the 1960s and 1970s. But more important, it follows Ashe’s evolution as an activist who had to contend with the shift from civil rights to Black Power. Off...
Gliding for Gold
The Physics of Winter Sports
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
As anyone from cold climates knows, living with lots of ice and snow can lead to a special appreciation of sports such as skiing, sledding, and skating. Prolific physics popularizer Mark Denny’s take on winter athletics lays out the physical principles that govern glaciated game play.
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Game Changer
The Technoscientific Revolution in Sports
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2017
We like to think of sports as elemental: strong bodies trained to overcome height, weight, distance; the thrill of earned victory or the agony of defeat in a contest decided on a level playing field. But in Game Changer, Rayvon Fouché argues that sports have been radically shaped by an explosion...
by Philip Scranton, Patrick Fridenson
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2013
Business history needs a shake-up, Philip Scranton and Patrick Fridenson argue, as many businesses go global and cultural contexts become critical. Reimagining Business History prods practitioners to take new approaches to entrepreneurial intentions, company scale, corporate strategies, local infrastructure,...
Managing Your Depression
What You Can Do to Feel Better
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
As a physician who personally suffers from depression, Susan J. Noonan draws on her own expertise and empathy to create a guide for people who suffer from the disease. Explaining the basics of mental health—including sleep hygiene, diet and nutrition, exercise, routine and structure, and avoiding...
by Robert Kelchen
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
As the price tag of higher education continues to rise, colleges and universities across the country are under increasing pressure to demonstrate their value. Graded on numerous metrics, including cost and ability to prepare students for the job market, colleges must satisfy requirements from multiple...
by William M. McClenahan Jr., William H. Becker
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2011
Throughout his two-term presidency, Dwight D. Eisenhower faced the challenge of managing a period of peacetime prosperity after more than two decades of depression, war, and postwar inflation. The essential issue he addressed was how the country would pay for the deepening Cold War and the extent...
Introduction to Abstract Algebra
From Rings, Numbers, Groups, and Fields to Polynomials and Galois Theory
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Introduction to Abstract Algebra presents a breakthrough approach to teaching one of math's most intimidating concepts. Avoiding the pitfalls common in the standard textbooks, Benjamin Fine, Anthony M. Gaglione, and Gerhard Rosenberger set a pace that allows beginner-level students to follow the progression...
Cultivating Inquiry-Driven Learners
A College Education for the Twenty-First Century
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
Inquiry-driven learners anticipate, embrace, and adapt to disruptive change. Clifton Conrad and Laura Dunek advance a transformative purpose of a college education. They invite stakeholders from across higher education to engage in vigorous dialogue about the aims of a college education—and how...
Days of Slaughter
Inside the Fall of Freddie Mac and Why It Could Happen Again
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
In September 2008, beset by mounting losses on high-risk mortgages and mortgage securities, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation teetered on the brink of insolvency. Fearing that confidence in the housing market would collapse completely if Freddie Mac and its competitor Fannie Mae failed, the...
by John R. Thelin
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
John R. Thelin’s A History of American Higher Education has become a standard in higher education studies. Designed to be used alongside this groundbreaking book or on its own, Essential Documents in the History of American Higher Education presents primary sources that chart the social, intellectual,...
The Obesity Epidemic
Why Diets and Exercise Don't Work—and What Does
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
In a world where charlatans promise to fix the alarming obesity epidemic with a silver-bullet diet or trendy new exercise program, Robyn Toomath, a physician and realist, steps out of the fray to deliver some tough news: it’s really hard to lose weight. Dispelling common myths and telling provocative...