LibGuides: Recommended Reading: September

Latinx Heritage Month

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated from September 15 to October 15 to celebrate the contributions, culture and heritage of Latino and Hispanic Americans.

Recommended Reading List: September 2018

Books in the Library

Borderlands = La Frontera by Gloria Anzaldúa
Call Number: 811.54 A637b 1999
ISBN: 1879960567

Main Collection--4th Floor
A Brief History of Central America by Lynn V. Foster
Call Number: 972.8 F755b 2007
ISBN: 0816073325

Main Collection--4th Floor
The Chicano Studies Reader: An Anthology of Aztlán, 1970-2010 by Chon A. Noriega (editor)
Call Number: 973.046872 C532 2010
ISBN: 9780895511232

Main Collection--4th Floor
From Rage to Hope: Strategies for Reclaiming Black & Hispanic Students by Crystal Kuykendall
Call Number: 371.829 K97f
ISBN: 187963922X
Publication Date: 1992

Main Collection--3rd Floor
Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos America by Juan Gonzalez
Call Number: 973.0468 G643h 2011
ISBN: 9780143119289

Main Collection--4th Floor
Latino America: How America's Most Dynamic Population is Poised to Transform the Politics of the Nation by Matt Barreto; Gary M. Segura
Call Number: 973.0468 B273L 2014
ISBN: 9781610395014

Main Collection--3rd Floor
Latino U.S.A.: A Cartoon History by Ilan Stavans; Lalo Alcaraz (illustrator)
Call Number: 973.0468 S798L 2012
ISBN: 9780465082506

Main Collection--4th Floor
The Norton Anthology of Latino Literature by Ilan Stavans; Edna Acosta-Belén (editors)
Call Number: 810.80868 N882 2011
ISBN: 9780393080070

Main Collection--4th Floor
Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States by Felipe Fernández-Armesto
Call Number: 973.0468 F363o 2015
ISBN: 9780393239539

Main Collection--4th Floor
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Call Number: 813.52 S819t 1997
ISBN: 9780140187403

Main Collection--4th Floor

Puente Project Video

The Puente Project. (2012, January). The puente project- a presentation.

Online Resources

Highline College: Puente
The Puente Project is a national-award winning program that has helped tens of thousands of educationally disadvantaged students who enroll in four-year colleges and universities, earn degrees, and return to the community as leaders and mentors to future generations.