Acosta-Belen, Edna, & Santiago, Carlos. 2006. Puerto Ricans in the United States: A Contemporary Portrait. Boulder Colorado: Lynne Reiner.

• A good overview of the history and present situation of Puerto Ricans

Acuña, Rodolfo. 2010. Occupied America (7th ed.). New York: Prentice Hall.

• Reviews Mexican American history and argues that the experiences of this group resemble those of colonized groups

Garcia, Maria Cristina. 1997. Havana USA: Cuban Exiles and Cuban Americans in South Florida, 1959–1994. Berkeley: University of California Press.

• A comprehensive history of the Cuban community in southern Florida

Portes, Alejandro, & Bach, Robert L. 1985. Latin Journey: Cuban and Mexican Immigrants in the United States. Berkeley: University of California Press.

• ​A landmark analysis of Latino immigration, ethnic enclaves, and the United States and assimilation

Smith, Robert C. 2006. Mexican New York: Transnational Lives of New Immigrants. Berkeley: University of California Press.

• A ground-breaking study of globalization, transnationalism, and immigration focused on Mexicans in New York and Mexico

Telles, Edward, & Ortiz, Vilma. 2008. Generations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans, Assimilation, and Race. New York: Russell Sage.

• An important look at assimilation among Mexicans Americans