Authors:Barry R. Komisaruk, Carlos Beyer-Flores, Beverly Whi
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: orgasm, science
Number of Pages: 376
Published: 2006-10-31
List price: $25.00
ISBN-10: 080188490X
ISBN-13: 9780801884900

This fascinating and comprehensive book is the first to explore the complex biological process leading to orgasm. Here, sexuality researcher and nurse Beverly Whipple, coauthor of the international best-selling book The G Spot and Other Discoveries about Human Sexuality, joins neuroscientist Barry R. Komisaruk and endocrinologist Carlos Beyer-Flores to view orgasm through the lenses of behavioral neuroscience along with cognitive and physiological sciences. The authors explain how and why orgasms happen, why they fail to happen, and what brain and body events are put into play at the moment of

Author: Ankie Hoogvelt
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: economy, development, political, new, postcolonial, world, globalization
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2001-05-07
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 0801866928
ISBN-13: 9780801866920

Globalization is at the heart of debates about the present phase of development of the world economy. In Globalization and the Postcolonial World, Ankie Hoogvelt joins these debates to examine the ways in which globalization is affecting the countries of the developing world. Taking a new look at historical trends and theories in development studies, Hoogvelt describes the diverse impacts of globalization in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, East Asia, and Latin America, identifying different postcolonial responses in each of these regions.New to this edition are sections on the new "digita

Author: Fred I. Greenstein
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: assessment, presidency, bush, george
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2003-09-25
List price: $20.95
ISBN-10: 0801878462
ISBN-13: 9780801878466

In this book, noted presidential scholar Fred I. Greenstein brings together a distinguished group of experts to offer an early analysis of the George W. Bush presidency. The authors begin with a look at George W. Bush in the context of his modern predecessors, viewing the Bush White House in comparative perspective and examining the president’s political ethos, including a unique insider’s view from a recently departed administration official. They then discuss budgetary and economic policy, foreign and national security policy, and the problems of domestic lawmaking in a "50

Author: Professor James S. Olson
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: history, cancer, women, breast, bathsheba
Number of Pages: 320
Published: 2002-05-29
List price: $26.95
ISBN-10: 0801869366
ISBN-13: 9780801869365

The stories of women throughout the ages who have confronted breast cancer, from ancient times to the present. In 1967, an Italian surgeon touring Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum stopped in front of Rembrandt’s Bathsheba at the Well, on loan from the Louvre, and noticed an asymmetry to Bathsheba’s left breast; it seemed distended, swollen near the armpit, discolored, and marked with a distinctive pitting. With a little research, the physician learned that Rembrandt’s model, his mistress Hendrickje Stoffels, later died after a long illness, and he conjectured in a celebrated

Author: Moon-Ho Jung
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: sugar, emancipation, labor, race, cane, coolies
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2006-03-13
List price: $48.95
ISBN-10: 0801882818
ISBN-13: 9780801882814

How did thousands of Chinese migrants end up working alongside African Americans in Louisiana after the Civil War? With the stories of these workers, Coolies and Cane advances an interpretation of emancipation that moves beyond U.S. borders and the black-white racial dynamic. Tracing American ideas of Asian labor to the sugar plantations of the Caribbean, Moon-Ho Jung argues that the racial formation of "coolies" in American culture and law played a pivotal role in reconstructing concepts of race, nation, and citizenship in the United States.Jung examines how coolies appeared in major U.S. pol

Author: Professor Ronald A. Cass
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: america, law, rule
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2001-09-04
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 0801867282
ISBN-13: 9780801867286

What is the rule of law? Why does it matter? How well does America conform to the rule of law? And why do Americans, who profess such respect for the law, complain so often about our legal system? Drawing upon extensive experience in law, government service, teaching, and research, Boston University law school dean Ronald Cass offers a welcome contribution to the ongoing public discussion on law and society. After opening his discussion with chapters on the rule of law in American society, Cass turns to the hard case of its application to the president of the United States. Through this pri

Authors:Nancy L. Mace MA, Peter V. Rabins MD MPH,
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Keywords: memory, dementias, loss, later, life, disease, alzheimer, family, day, guide, caring, people, hour
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2006-10-09
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0801885094
ISBN-13: 9780801885099

Revised in 2006 for its twenty-fifth anniversary, this best-selling book is the "bible" for families caring for people with Alzheimer disease, offering comfort and support to millions worldwide. In addition to the practical and compassionate guidance that have made The 36-Hour Day invaluable to caregivers, the fourth edition is the only edition currently available that includes new information on medical research and the delivery of care. The new edition includes:-new information on diagnostic evaluation-resources for families and adult children who care for people with dementia-updated legal