Latinx & Hispanic Heritage Month - Recommended Readings

Written by FacultyÌý


Natalie Mendoza - History

AssistantÌýProfessor - Mexican American History / Modern US

The Western Historical Quarterly (Winter 2021), 393-413.Ìý


Phoebe S.K. Young - History

Professor - Environmental History / Modern US

Phoebe S. ÌýKropp (Young), (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006).


Jessica Ordaz - Ethinic Studies

Assistant Professor - Chicanx / Latinx Studies

(Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021).


*Fredy Gonzalez - History

*Former Assistant Professor (2013-2018) -Ìý Latin American History / Chinese Diaspora

Recommended by Faculty


  • Geraldo Cadava, (Harper Collins, 2021).

  • Ernesto Chávez,“(Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002).

  • Miroslava Chávez-Garcia, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2018).

  • Miroslava Chávez-García, The Journal of American History 102, issue 1 (June 2015): 47-60.

  • Elizabeth Escobedo, (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2013).

  • Lilia Fernández, (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2012).

  • María Cristina García, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2006).

  • Matthew Garcia,(Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014).

  • Felipe Hinojosa, Maggie Elmore, Sergio M. González, eds.,Ìý(New York: NYU Press, 2022).

  • Miriam Jiménez Román and Juan Flores, eds., (Durham: Duke University Press, 2010).

  • Vicki L. Ruiz and Virginia Sánchez Korrol, eds., (New York: Oxford University Press, 2005).

  • Rosina Lozano, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2018).

  • Natalia Molina, (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2014).

  • (2015); Documentary, available for streaming via Å·ÃÀ¿Ú±¬ÊÓƵ-Boulder Library

  • Ana Raquel Minian, (Harvard University Press, 2020)

  • Greg Grandin, (Picador, updated 2021 edition)

  • Valeria Luiselli, (Coffee House Press, 2017)

  • Gabriela Soto Laveaga, "", Washington Post, 22 July 2021

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