Recommended Readings

  • Genovese, E. D. (1974). Roll, Jordan, roll: The world the slaves made. New York: Pantheon.

  • Gutman, H. G. (1976). The black family in slavery and freedom, 1750–1925. New York: Vintage.

  • Levine, L. (1977). Black culture and black consciousness. New York: Oxford University Press.

  • Rawick, G. P. (1972). From sundown to sunup: The making of the black community. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press.

  •  Stuckey, S. (1987). Slave culture: Nationalist theory and the foundations of black America. New York: Harper & Row.

    • A short list of five vital sources on the origins and psychological and cultural impact of slavery in America.

  • Brown, D. (1970). Bury my heart at Wounded Knee. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston.

    • An eloquent and moving account of the conquest of American Indians.

  • Nabakov, P. (Ed.). (1999). Native American testimony (rev. ed.). New York: Penguin.

    • A collection of valuable and insightful American Indian accounts of the past 500 years.

  • ·Wax, M. (1971). Indian Americans: Unity and diversity. Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall.

    • A compact and informative analysis of the history and present situation of American Indians.

  • McWilliams, C. (1961). North from Mexico: The Spanish-speaking people of the United States. New York: Monthly Review Press.

  • A classic overview of the historical development of Mexican Americans. \Acuna, R. (1999). Occupied America (4th ed.). New York: Harper & Row.

    • Acuna examines a broad sweep of Mexican American experiences and argues that their status is comparable to that of other colonized groups.

  • Mirandé, A. (1985). The Chicano experience: An alternative perspective. Notre Dame, IN: University of Notre Dame Press.

    • A passionate argument for a new sociological approach to the study of Mexican Americans. Many useful insights into Mexican American family structures, the problem of crime, and other areas.