This book provides a review of how child maltreatment has been socially constructed, ignored, and formally responded to as it tells the story of how America's system of child protection has evolved. A
Covey (College of Continuing Education, U. of Colorado at Boulder) examines the slave narratives collected by the Works Project Administration in the 1930s in order to investigate the health care expe
African American Slave Medicine offers a critical examination of how African American slaves' medical needs were addressed during the years before and surrounding the Civil War. Dr. Herbert C. Covey i
Drawing from ex-slave narratives to provide accurate and poignant insights, this book presents ex-slave descriptions in their own words about their lives before, during, and following the Civil War.
The powerful, long-neglected testimony of former slaves places African American slave foods and foodways at the center of the complex social dynamics of the plantation South.
This groundbreaking book detailing the newest drug scourge to hit the streets includes information on the effects of and addiction to methamphetamine on the users, their children and their communitie
This work details the physical and psychological descent into methamphetamine addiction, using interviews with addicts to illustrate, and describes paths to recovery.
