Books

The required books for our class are listed below. Clicking on the titles of the below books will take you to Amazon.com, although in one or two instances you may find them cheaper elsewhere. All other course readings will be provided to you digitally and free of charge.

Wide-Open Town: A History of Queer San Francisco to 1965
Nan Alamilla Boyd (2005)

Native Activism in Cold War America: The Struggle for Sovereignty
Daniel M. Cobb (2010)

American Workers, Colonial Power: Philippine Seattle and the Transpacific West, 1919-1941
Dorothy B. Fujita-Rony (2002)

Migra!: A History of the U.S. Border Patrol
Kelly Lytle Hernández (2010)

Racial Propositions: Ballot Initiatives and the Making of Postwar California
Daniel Martinez HoSang (2010)

Overcoming Katrina: African American Voices from the Crescent City and BeyondD’Ann R. Penner and Keith C. Ferdinand, editors (2009)

Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North
Thomas J. Sugrue (2008)

In addition to the above, the following book will be provided to you free of charge:
Guest Workers Or Colonized Labor? Mexican Labor Migration to the US
Gilbert G. Gonzalez (2005)

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