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How did people living on the early American frontier discover and then become a part of the market economy? How do their purchases and their choices revise our understanding of the market revolution and the emerging consumer ethos? This work provides answers to these questions by examining the texture of trade between 1760 and 1810.

Scholars of colonialism, postcolonialism, Irish studies, Atlantic studies, Swift, and the history of the book will find Moore's eye-opening arguments original and compelling.

Instructors in feminist, cultural, and media studies who are looking for global perspectives will find that this fresh and provocative volume encourages students to see new connections among a variety of trends in contemporary scholarship.

Drawing from a wide range of scholarly research, archival records, and interviews, The Estrogen Elixir provides valuable historical context for one of the most pressing debates in contemporary medicine.

Weiss, Christopher Wyrod, Daniel J. Young

This rich history of Maryland's waterways reveals how human enterprise has affected-and been affected by-the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.

Revisiting the story of the South's "most perfect scalawag," Ginsberg contributes to a broader understanding of the essential role southern Jews played during the Civil War and Reconstruction.

Anecdotes and interviews with other government relations officers illustrate the challenges they face on and off campus.

Historians of technology, communication, and media will welcome this important reexamination of the canonic story of early FM radio.

military policy from the end of the Cold War through the beginning of the Obama presidency provides a clear picture of why the United States is militarily powerful but "otherwise insecure."

Chesney used Helen Thom's definitive biography, Johns Hopkins: A Silhouette, as a source and wrote the play to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the opening of the Johns Hopkins Hospital.

Gender studies scholars will find Ferguson's analysis of the construction of gender particularly trenchant.

With more than 150 exercises, Regression Estimators is a valuable resource for graduate students and professional statisticians.

Her study extends into Prohibition and discusses the various effects that scattering vice and banning alcohol had on commercial nightlife.

The contributors, while recognizing the important differences and potential clashes between participatory and representative forms of democracy, ultimately favor participation, emphasizing its capacity to enhance and strengthen representative democracy.

Kathryn Allamong Jacob's engaging account shows how the "kingearned his crown through cookery and conversation and how this son of wealth and privilege helped to create a questionable profession in a city that then, as now, rested on power and influence.

Nundy's simple preventive health guidelines will keep your motor running longer and stronger.

Humorous, sometimes acerbic, and always well informed, Sommer's thought-provoking book will change the way you look at health care in America.

No woman will read the book without experiencing at least one big wake-up call about how to live a happier, healthier life.

Professionals and students involved in gerontology, psychiatry, and bioethics will find the discussion both enlightening and practical.

American historians and anyone interested in the history of labor or Las Vegas will find this account highly original, insightful, and even-handed.

This expanded and updated edition will appeal to residents, both new and old, as well as to visitors eager to deepen their experience in the nation's capital.

It is a valuable tool for social workers, nurses, and family therapists.

The book encourages parents to modify their own behavior, teaching them to shift their focus away from battling with their kids and to use their energy to help their children develop winning habits and attitudes for life.

It will engage bioethicists and philosophers as well as inform policy and law regarding issues at the beginning and end of life.

case is a unique reference point for students of American political development and comparative democratization.

Roessler, Andreas Schedler, Jan Teorell, Nicolas van de Walle, Sharon L. Wolchik

American historians will find this study both enlightening and surprising.

Drawing on newly unearthed documents, including a series of letters from Einstein to his sons, Neffe presents a rich psychological portrait of a man whose character has too often been lost in the bright glow of celebrity.