• The best books on Immigration and Race - Travelling While Black: Essays Inspired by a Life on the Move by Nanjala Nyabola
  • The best books on Immigration and Race - The Next Great Migration: The Beauty and Terror of Life on the Move by Sonia Shah
  • The best books on Immigration and Race - Impossible Subjects: Illegal Aliens and the Making of Modern America by Mae M. Ngai
  • The best books on Immigration and Race - Border and Rule: Global Migration, Capitalism, and the Rise of Racist Nationalism by Harsha Walia
  • The best books on Immigration and Race - Hatemonger: Stephen Miller, Donald Trump, and the White Nationalist Agenda by Jean Guerrero

The best books on Immigration and Race, recommended by Reece Jones

In a series of books, Reece Jones, Professor in the Department of Geography and Environment at the University of Hawaii, has explored the impact of borders on our lives. In his latest book, White Borders, he delves into the history of immigration and race in the United States, and explains the connection between the two. Here, he recommends the best books he’s read on the topic and explains why he’s not optimistic about the future.

  • The best books on Migrant Workers - No Man's Land: Jamaican Guestworkers in America and the Global History of Deportable Labor by Cindy Hahamovitch
  • The best books on Migrant Workers - Defiant Braceros: How Migrant Workers Fought for Racial, Sexual, and Political Freedom by Mireya Loza
  • The best books on Migrant Workers - Managed Migrations: Growers, Farmworkers, and Border Enforcement in the Twentieth Century by Cristina Salinas
  • The best books on Migrant Workers - Migrant Citizenship: Race, Rights, and Reform in the U.S. Farm Labor Camp Program by Verónica Martínez-Matsuda
  • The best books on Migrant Workers - The Nature of California: Race, Citizenship, and Farming since the Dust Bowl by Sarah Wald

The best books on Migrant Workers, recommended by Mireya Loza

American society and American history marginalized migrant workers for too long. New scholarship shows that migrant workers were central to America’s cultural and economic development. Mireya Loza, a historian at Georgetown University and author of Defiant Braceros, talks us through the best books about migrant workers—and why their stories are integral to understanding the past and present of United States.