Product Description: The Percy family has amassed a tremendous amount of wealth, but the Mississippi River is threatening to break its levees in 1927 and wash away everything they've worked so hard to achieve. To make sure they keep what is theirs, they and other whites force thousands of African-Americans at gunpoint to shore up the levees...read more

Product Description: Analyzes alcohol use and abuse, alcoholism prevention, and the treatment of alcoholism among black, Hispanic, and American-Indian youth in the United States.

Product Description: The purpose of this book is to bring together in one volume the best of what has been published about the immense problem of black alcohol abuse. There is little research on black alcoholism in the United States. A U.S. report to Congress on Alcohol and Health states: "A major barrier to treatment of alcoholism among blacks has been the lack of development of culture-specific treatment programs for black alcoholics...read more

Product Description: Transcultural Perspectives in the Human Services: Organizational Issues and Trends