Pathfinders for Immigration Project

 

 Reference Materials:

General Reference:

Subject Specific:

  • Notable Latino Americans : a biographical dictionary /   REF 920 MEI

  • The Latino encyclopedia /   REF 973.046 LAT V.1

  • Peoples of the Americas /  REF 970 PEO V.1

 Other Print Materials:

Hispanic:

  • Chiquita's cocoon /   305.4 FLO

  • Latinas/   305.48 GAR

  • Growing up Chicana/o /   305.8 LOP

  • Race and ethnicity /   305.8 RAC

  • The Hispanic struggle for social justice : the Hispanic experience… /   305.868 COC

  • Living in Spanglish : the search for Latino identity in America /   305.868 MOR

  • Family life /   306.85 VIL

  • Food and cooking /   394.1 CLA

  • Holidays and celebrations /   394.2 GOR

  • Race : a history beyond black and white /   394.2663 ARO

  • Music and dance /   780 BAE

  • Sports /   796 JEN

  • Speaking two languages /   973.0468 BOS

  • Everything you need to know about Latino history /   973.0468 NOV

  • Latino USA : a cartoon history /   973.0468 STA

  • The air down here : true tales from a South Bronx boyhood /   974.7 ALI

Hmong:

  • The Hmong /   305.895 BRI

  • I begin my life all over : the Hmong and the American immigrant experience /   305.895 FAD

  • A Hmong family /   305.895 MUR

  • Fighters, refugees, immigrants : a story of the Hmong /   306 GOL

  • The spirit catches you and you fall down : a Hmong child, her American doctors… /   306.4 FAD

  • Mong education at the crossroads /   371.829 THA

  • The Hmong of Southeast Asia /   950 MIL

Pacific Islands:

  • The Pacific Islands /           306 SHA

  • Encyclopedia of world geography /   910 ENC V.1

  • Fiji /   919.6 FIJ

  • Fiji : Tandoori, trekking & tapa /   919.61104 FIJ

  • Tonga /   919.612 TON

  • Fiji /     996.11 NGC

Online Resources:

Subscription Databases:

Recommended Websites:

·   Destination America : “Personal Stories” - http://www.pbs.org/destinationamerica/ps.html 

eBooks:

Writing Resources:

 

 

Additional Information from Mr. Williams:

 

Hmong

1. The Hmong in America:  A Tribute to Friends an Family

http://www.jefflindsay.com/Hmong_tragedy.html

2.  November 3, 2004 - English Classes for Hmong Immigrants in Minnesota

            http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/archive/2004-11/a-2004-11-24-3-1.cfm

3.  Hmong immigrants navigate perplexing legal system By DERRICK NUNNALLY dnunnally@journalsentinel.com Posted: May 1, 2004               http://www.jsonline.com/story/index.aspx?id=226540

4.  Hmong Fill Jobs Left Empty by Immigration Raid

by Jennifer Ludden        http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=10461104

5.  Migration Information Source:  Fresh though, Authoritative Data, Global Reach

            http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=208

 

Mexican Immigrants

1.  Beyond the Border: Immigration Issues.   http://www.pbs.org/itvs/beyondtheborder/immigration.html

2. Immigrants are adapting faster to U.S., but Mexicans lag economically, study says

            http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/laplaza/2008/05/foreigners-are.html

3.  Migration Information Source:  Fresh though, Authoritative Data, Global Reach

            http://www.migrationinformation.org/feature/display.cfm?ID=208

4.  An Unusual Blend of Cultures: Mexican and Black.  Immigrants from Costa Rica share an ancient ethnic heritage and culture that few outsiders know about.

By John L. Mitchell, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
April 13, 2008

            http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-afromex13apr13,1,6689326.story

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 5/14/2008 for Williams