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Institutions, Power, NetworksWhy does ethnicity matter in certain societies and contexts but not in others? Drawing on the boundary-making perspective first championed by anthropologist Fredrick Barth, Andreas Wimmer introduces a comparative analytic of ethnic group formation that overcomes essentialist approaches while also avoiding the pitfalls...

Exclusively focused on preparing candidates for the FRCR Part 1 anatomy viewing paper, this book enables them to practice questions that have the look and feel of the actual exam. Containing eight practice examinations, each with 20 cases which have been thoroughly reviewed and tested by radiology registrars who have sat the exam, the questions are...

What Everyone Needs to KnowIn Cybersecurity and CyberWar: What Everyone Needs to Know, New York Times best-selling author P. W. Singer and noted cyber expert Allan Friedman team up to provide the kind of easy-to-read, yet deeply informative resource book that has been missing on this crucial issue of 21st century life. Written in a lively,...

Two centuries ago, the American criminal justice was run primarily by laymen. Jury trials passed moral judgment on crimes, vindicated victims and innocent defendants, and denounced the guilty. But over the last two centuries, lawyers have taken over the process, silencing victims and defendants and, in many cases, substituting a plea-bargaining...

Landmarks in Nephrology points the reader to some of the seminal observations which have led to the practice of nephrology as we know it today.  Twenty areas of nephrology are covered by discrete chapters, with the editors selecting the ten most important papers ever published in that field. These range from observational and experimental studies...

Why the Media&'s Portrayal of Nursing Puts Us All at RiskFor millions of people worldwide, nurses are the difference between life and death, self-sufficiency and dependency, hope and despair. But a lack of understanding of what nurses really do -- one perpetuated by popular media&'s portrayal of nurses as simplistic archetypes -- has devalued the...