Non-Fiction: Immigration Ethnicity & Race
Explore a curated list of non-fiction books on immigration, ethnicity, and race. Discover insightful reads that delve into cultural identity, migration stories, and racial dynamics in society.
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Guarding the Golden Door
by Roger Daniels
"Arguably the most useful for general readers. Clearly written, reasonably lean and on the whole, balanced in its assessments, it is an excellent primer." --Los …
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Ghettonation
by Cora Daniels
Offers a provocative study of the influence of "ghetto" attitudes, lifestyles, and mores on urban communities and American culture and critiques this persona and its …
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Boychiks in the Hood
by Robert Eisenberg
Boychiks in the Hood is your passport to the Hasidic "underworld" -- a destination far different from popular expectations. Join Robert Eisenberg as he hangs …
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Funny in Farsi
by Firoozeh Dumas
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Finalist for the PEN/USA Award in Creative Nonfiction, the Thurber Prize for American Humor, and the Audie Award in Biography/Memoir …
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Laughing Without an Accent
by Firoozeh Dumas
The author continues the story of her Iranian-American family and their experiences at home and abroad, from dealing with her French husband's Christmas traditions to …
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Whatever it Takes
by Paul Tough
A portrait of African-American activist Geoffrey Canada describes his radical approach to eliminating inner-city poverty, one that proposes to transform the lives of poor children …
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Mystics, Mavericks, and Merrymakers
by Stephanie Wellen Levine
A look at young Jewish women who are typecast as pious and reserved but have as much imagination and similar desires as other young women.
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Losing the Race
by John McWhorter
Berkeley linguistics professor John McWhorter, born at the dawn of the post-Civil Rights era, spent years trying to make sense of this question. Now he …
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Neither Wolf Nor Dog
by Kent Nerburn
A Native American elder travels through Indian towns, introducing readers to a vivid cast of characters.
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The Covenant with Black America
by Tavis Smiley
Discusses social and political issues affecting African Americans today, including health, housing, crime, criminal justice, education, and economic parity.
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A Hope in the Unseen
by Ron Suskind
The inspiring, true coming-of-age story of a ferociously determined young man who, armed only with his intellect and his willpower, fights his way out of …
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The Devil's Highway
by Luis Alberto Urrea
In a new 10th anniversary edition: "The single most compelling, lucid, and lyrical contemporary account of the absurdity of U.S. border policy" (The Atlantic). In …