This book presents an ethnopoetic translation and an interpretation of an evening of storytelling which took place in rural Afghanistan in 1975. Three years before the Marxist coup, two Muslim elders from Herat province were asked by a Marxist subgovernor to spend an evening telling traditional stories to an American woman. The storytellers wittily integrated themes of sense and nonsense, gender and sexuality, religion and public and private social control in thirteen recorded stories, here translated in full. In interpreting texts, Margaret A. Mills argues for a rhetorical sophistication among adept traditional performers which enables them to mount performances of traditional materials which are highly, and in this case slyly, sensitive to the political and social identities of self and audience. Such identities are in part negotiated and constructed via the performances. Noting that Afghan culture has traditionally posited noninstitutional religious authority against central government institutions, Mills points out certain ironies and tensions which recur as the stories unfold in the presence of the government bureaucrat. Using this evening of stories as an example, the author asserts that the creation of narrative meaning makes use of both intertextual and interpersonal relationships. This extended performance suggests Afghan perspectives on the integration of narrative and social critique, of religious authority and private ethics, of the real and the fantastic, the serious and the ludicrous, which challenge common western notions about genres of literary production (written and oral) and social interaction.
Margaret Mills was crippled as a young woman, but was determined not to let it hold her back. She used her nurse's training to develop her natural treatment, which was successful. Her daughter runs the Margaret Mills Clinic. Here, they share their drug-free method, offer information about diet and reveal the effects of the arthritis drugs.
Forward by Tom Waseleski First published in 1910 in the classic Pittsburgh Survey, this pioneering work of American social history, reproduced in its entirety, describes daily life in a community that was dominated economically and physically by the giant Homestead Works of the United States Steel Corporation. The town of Homestead, just across the Monongahela River from Pittsburgh, developed as a completely separate city—a true mill town settled by newer immigrants and shaped in its attitudes by the infamous Homestead Strike of 1892, which significantly set back unionization efforts in the steel industry. Homestead:The Households of a Mill Town not only focuses on the plight of the American steel worker in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, it also explores the domestic and community aspects of life in that time period.
Nicole, a journalist, was intrigued by a newspaper ad her roommates were discussing. Her roommates said the person who placed the ad to find a wife must be either very ugly or very old. Nicole told them not to pass judgment. She was curious about the mysterious ad, so she called the number to make an appointment. Figuring the meeting would make for an interesting article, she showed up at the address provided only to find herself in front of a mansion! And the man who’d placed the ad wasn’t ugly at all—he was an incredibly attractive man with demons in his past.
This book, first published in 1990, studies the oral fiction entertainments of Afghanistan by focusing on aspects of the oral narrative process which can be observed in individual performances.
This study, conducted in Kenya, gives the first insight into the performance of a constructed treatment wetland receiving pulp and paper mill wastewater in the tropics.The wetland effectively removed organic matter, suspended solids, phenols and nutrients. BOD and phenols reduction rates are reported for the first time. Design parameters and guidel
Using case studies from universities throughout the nation, Doing Diversity in Higher Education examines the role faculty play in improving diversity on their campuses. The power of professors to enhance diversity has long been underestimated, their initiatives often hidden from view. Winnifred Brown-Glaude and her contributors uncover major themes and offer faculty and administrators a blueprint for conquering issues facing campuses across the country. Topics include how to dismantle hostile microclimates, sustain and enhance accomplishments, deal with incomplete institutionalization, and collaborate with administrators. The contributors' essays portray working on behalf of diversity as a genuine intellectual project rather than a faculty "service." The rich variety of colleges and universities included provides a wide array of models that faculty can draw upon to inspire institutional change.
Gideon Makepeace, a young man of twenty, knows who he is and what he likes: decency, men and women too, horse training, and fun... and in Livingston, Montana, in the lush autumn of 1895, he finds he likes a Lakota Sioux Indian better than he might ought to. Jedediah Buffalo Bird is seriously wounded and seeking medical care, and Gideon helps Jed when some bigoted townsfolk might have done otherwise. Jed, who knows the wild far better than Gideon and feels indebted to him, agrees to repay him by being his guide to San Francisco. Their trip takes them across thousands of wild miles, through the mountains men mine and the Indian reservations dotting the plains. Facing a majestic West, they learn from each other about white folks and Indians alike. Gideon s interest in Jed is clear from the start, but will Jed give up the life he knows for a young, brash white man he has perhaps come to love? Or will he push Gideon away in favor of the peace of nature and the personal freedom of having nothing to lose?
It's the sexy French accent that captures physiotherapist Laurie's attention—even before she's seen the gorgeous new doctor in Penhally Bay! Dr Gabe Devereux has come to the idyllic Cornish town to escape life—instead he walks straight into the heart of the community. And there's one woman who intrigues him more than most. Laurie is overawed by Gabe's attention. But she doesn't want her secret to force him to stay. Little does Laurie realize that, as her sight declines, Gabe is ready to lead her up the aisle and be her one and only guiding light...forever.
This innovative and absorbing book surveys a little known chapter in the story of American urbanism—the history of communities built and owned by single companies seeking to bring their workers' homes and place of employment together on a single site. By 1930 more than two million people lived in such towns, dotted across an industrial frontier which stretched from Lowell, Massachusetts, through Torrance, California to Norris, Tennessee. Margaret Crawford focuses on the transformation of company town construction from the vernacular settlements of the late eighteenth century to the professional designs of architects and planners one hundred and fifty years later. Eschewing a static architectural approach which reads politics, history, and economics through the appearance of buildings, Crawford portrays the successive forms of company towns as the product of a dynamic process, shaped by industrial transformation, class struggle, and reformers' efforts to control and direct these forces.
I’ve lost all of my memories, but I haven’t lost you. Karina wakes up with amnesia following an accident. A man named Ford claims to be her fiancé and offers to support her in her new life. However, Karina finds it hard to let him in, remembering nothing about their relationship. In spite of this, Ford continues to devotedly look after her. But just when Karina starts to feel something for Ford, his ex-girlfriend appears on the scene!
Annie, living in Victorian times, works at the mill in the mornings, before she goes to school. This story provides an insight into the Victorian era, the homes, schools, and child workers - how they were treated and the dangers they faced.
Savage By Name and Savage By Nature! Caron Lorimer had never met a man quite like him and she wasn't sure if she could cope. But she couldn't help falling in love with him. And that was where her problems began. Lawson Savage didn't intend to get involved with her or any woman on a full-time basis, and made that perfectly clear. "I'll take my pleasure when and where I like, but I'll never trust another woman." Caron, of course, didn't see herself as just "another woman." And she was determined that Lawson Savage wouldn't, either!
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