LibGuides: Ethnic Studies: Books and Other Resources

Shelf surfing is a good way to find books that are not easily found in the catalog. Knowing where to look for books on your topic is key to finding the books on the shelf. Books on ethnic studies range into a wide variety of subject areas across the social sciences, history, education, political sciences, and more. Below are call numbers sorted by subject.

Religion (General)

Call Number: BL1 - 50

Native American Studies

Call Number: E50 - 100

African-American Studies

Call Number: E184.5 - 185.98

Race (General)

Call Number: GN269 - 279

Culture & Cultural Processes including Social Change, Structuralism, Diffusion, etc

Call Number: GN354 - 367

Ethnic Groups & Races

Call Number: GN537 - 674

General Social Sciences

Call Number: H1 - 99

General Sociology

Call Number: HM1 - 299

Race (Social Sciences)

Call Number: HT1501-1595

Colonies & Colonization, Emigration & Immigration, International Migration (Political Science)

Call Number: JV1 - 9840

Intercultural Education (General)

Call Number: LC1099 - 1099.5

SUBJECT HEADINGS

You can also search the library catalog by using subject headings. Subject headings can be a word, group of words, or phrase used to describe what the book is about. The following is a partial list of subject headings related to Ethnic Studies that can be used when searching for books and other items in the FAU Libraries Catalog.

United States--Race relations

Race discrimination.

Asian Americans--History

Asians--United States--History

Hispanic Americans--History--Sources

Hispanic Americans--Social conditions--21st century

African Americans--Social conditions--21st century

African Americans--Race identity--History

African Americans--Social conditions--21st century

Chavez, Cesar

United Farm Workers--History

Suggested Books

Below is a list of books that may be useful to you in your search for information. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list of books but rather a starting place for your research.

Ethnic Studies by Gary Y. Okihiro (Introduction by)
v. 1. Cross-cultural, Asian and Afro-American studies -- v. 2. Chicano and Native American studies.
Transformative ethnic studies in schools : curriculum, pedagogy, and research by Sleeter, Christine E., 1948- author.; Zavala, Miguel, 1972- author.
"Drawing on Christine Sleeter's review of research on the academic and social impact of ethnic studies commissioned by the National Education Association, this book will examine the value and forms of teaching and researching ethnic studies.
Uchinanchu: a history of Okinawans in Hawaii by Center for Oral History History
ISBN: 0824807499
Uchinanchu is the term used by Okinawan immigrants and their descendants in Hawai'i to identify themselves as an ethnic group distinct from the Yamatunchu or Naichi of Japan's four main islands. Though Japanese, linguistic and cultural differences as well as their late arrival in the islands made the Uchinanchu targets of Naichi prejudice in the past. Pressure from without and determination from within the group caused Hawai'i's Uchinanchu to pull together with pride in the face of adversity. Some 25,000 men, women, and children left their impoverished Okinawan homeland between 1900 and 1924, hoping for a better life in Hawai'i. Their early experiences were marked by hard, lean years on sugar and pineapple plantations. In this book, eighty- and ninety-year-old issei, first generation immigrants, describe through interviews what it was like to pull up roots in their homeland and make new lives in the islands. The story of the gradual development and progress of the Okinawan community is unfolded through articles on labor, religion, culture, business, agriculture, government, son (village) clubs, and community-wide organizations. Uchinanchu supports and promotes pride in the culture, history, and contributions of Okinawans in Hawai'i. It also adds another chapter to our understanding of Hawai'i's rich, diverse, multi-ethnic heritage.
Caribbean immigration to the United States by Bryce-Laporte, Roy S.; Mortimer, Delores M.; Research Institute on Immigration and Ethnic Studies (Smithsonian Institution)
Contains a selection of essays written by a variety of authors. A small sample: "The United States' Role in Caribbean Migration: Background to the Problem" / Roy S. Bryce-Laporte -- "International Migration and the Political Economy of Underdeveloped: Aspects of the Commonwealth Caribbean Situation"

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