Auteur: Herbert Covey

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Drawing from narratives of former slaves to provide accurate and poignant insights, this book presents descriptions in the former slaves’ own words about their lives before, during, and following the …

Methamphetamine, made easily in clandestine labs from over-the-counter ingredients, can cause depression, rapid tooth decay, psychosis, sensations of flesh crawling with bugs, paranoia, skin lesions, …

This book provides a concise and engaging examination of the subculture of the Crips and Bloods-the notorious street gangs that started in Los Angeles, but have now spread throughout the United State …

Carefully documenting African American slave foods, this book reveals that slaves actively developed their own foodways-their customs involving family and food. The authors connect African foods and …

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. …

This book uses life-course longitudinal data collected from a national probability sample of respondents over a span of nearly three decades to examine the impact of multiple forms of exposure to vio …