Memory in oral traditions

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A.G. Harmon

"Henry Tollet arrives home one day badly bloodied after being attacked without provocation near his school bus stop. He did not even know the boy who did it, a scraggly youth who vanished as mysteriously as he had appeared. Henry winces as his grandfather tends to the wound, but it is his father's reaction that troubles him.". "Cox Tollet received custody of his son after Henry's mother divorced him, and he now tries to hold onto his father's farm - without any help from the old man, who still holds the title but spends most of his time drinking. Henry, now twelve, has been an increasing source of concern and dismay for Cox. Called to task for not defending himself against his assailant, Henry is expected to seek out the stranger and take revenge.". "Cox's dissatisfactions with both his father and his son - and theirs with him - move the story to a gripping resolution, one in which Henry learns not only to fend for himself but to fend for his future."--BOOK JACKET.

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Scott W. VanderStoep, Deirdre D. Johnston

This book offers an innovative introduction to social research. The book explores all stages of the research process and it features both quantitative and qualitative methods. Research design topics include sampling techniques, choosing a research design, and determining research question that inform public opinion and direct future studies. Throughout the book, the authors provide vivid and engaging examples that reinforce the reading and understanding of social science research. "Your Turn" boxes contain activities that allow students to practice research skills, such as sampling, naturalistic observation, survey collection, coding, analysis, and report writing.

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Kim McLarin

Grace Jefferson is an educated and accomplished modern woman, a child of the Civil Rights dream, and she knows it. But after a series of rattling personal transitions, she finds herself in a new house in a new city and in a new career for which she feels dangerously unsuited: a stay-at-home mom. Caught between the only two models of mothering she has ever known--a sharecropping grandmother who abandoned her children to save herself and a mother who sacrificed all to save her kids--Grace struggles to embrace her new role, hoping to find a middle ground. But as the days pass and the pressures mount, Grace catches herself in small acts of abandonment--speeding up on neighborhood walks, closing doors with the children on one side and her on the other--that she fears may foretell a future she is powerless to prevent. Or perhaps one she secretly seeks.--From publisher description.

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Jafari S. Allen

Promoting the revolutionary socialist project of equality and dignity for all, the slogan 'Venceremos!' (We shall overcome!) appears throughout Cuba, everywhere from newspapers to schools murals to nightclubs. This book is a groundbreaking ethnography on race, desire, and belonging among black Cubans in the early 21st century.