Books published by Macmillan Education UK

Many books exist illustrating the power structure of the medical professional, which is male gendered, and its significance for women within this. No study has so far tackled the relationship between women as child birth professionals and women as mothers.

This second "Core Topics" volume specially refers to labour and delivery. The latest findings and the implications for modern midwifery are considered, along with earlier work. The relationship between critically renewed research studies and good practice remains.

One of a series of books offering close textual analysis of the major works of English literature. The work contains a summary and commentary together with an analysis of a specimen passage for style, a discussion of themes and critical features and a section on the writer's life.

This book examines attitudes towards empire and the creation and perpetuation of a British world-view during the years 1834-1924. By adopting a longer chronological context, the high level of continuity in beliefs and actions throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is highlighted.

Through a practical, integrated approach, this text offers a concise and accessible introduction to Human Resource Management. Contemporary and up-to-date, with engaging cases and activities throughout, readers are fully involved in the learning process, with exercises and questions introducing them to important topics.

A concise and accessible account of the theoretical issues relating to intersectoral collaboration, and the diversity of health promotion partnerships that have been established.

Examining Scotland's position within the regal union of the 17th century, this book is an up-to-date narrative incorporating recent research, questioning the extent that Scottish political ideas were influenced by the new relationship with England, brought about by the union of the crowns in 1603.

Many computer networks are now a hybrid of different types, typically a mixture of two or more different operating systems. The main aim of this book is to cover the configuration, architecture and networking of the three of the most popular networking operating systems - Microsoft Windows, Novell NetWare and UNIX.

It is vital for midwifery practice to be based on up-to-date research, which is necessarily changing and dynamic. This work, a sub-series of the "Midwifery Practice Series" looks at current research findings and discusses the implications for midwifery following the "Changing Childbirth" report.

Part 1 contains chapters that deal with the structure of wood at the gross, cellular and molecular levels; Part 2 has five chapters on the properties of wood, with special coverage of elastic behaviour, toughness and the use of structural-sized timber for strength tests.