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Fall 2009 Catalog
Fall 2009 Catalog






Mapping New Jersey
An Evolving Landscape
Edited and with an Introduction by Maxine N. Lurie and Peter O. Wacker

Mapping New Jersey, the first interpretive atlas of the state in more than one hundred years, traces changes in environment, land use patterns, demography, transportation, economy, and politics over the course of many centuries and illuminates the state’s transformation from a simple agricultural society to a post-industrial and culturally diverse place inhabited by more people per acre than anywhere else in the country. This oversize volume is filled with 225 colorful maps, graphs, and diagrams and divided into six topical chapters . . . Read more


American Cinema of the 1910s
Themes and Variations
Edited by Charlie Keil and Ben Singer


The essays in American Cinema of the 1910s explore the rapid developments of the decade that began with D. W. Griffith’s unrivaled one-reelers. By the end of the decade, filmmaking had become a true industry, complete with vertical integration, efficient specialization and standardization of practices, and self-regulatory agencies. Read more


American Cinema of the 1910s
Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings?
Flying Animals, Flying Machines, and How They Are Different
David E. Alexander

Why Don't Jumbo Jets Flap Their Wings? offers a fascinating explanation of how nature and human engineers each arrived at powered flight. What emerges is a highly readable account of two very different approaches to solving the same fundamental problems of moving through the air, including lift, thrust, turning, and landing. The book traces the evolutionary process of animal flight-in birds, bats, and insects-over millions of years and compares it to the directed efforts of human beings to create the aircraft over the course of a single century. Read more

Why Don't Jumbo Jets



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