FOR CHILDREN
Ada, Alma Flor.
I love Saturdays y Domingos.
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 2002.
A little girl spends Saturdays with her English speaking grandparents
and Sundays with her Spanish speaking Mexican-American
grandparents. (QBPL J)
English, Karen.
Speak English for us, Marisol!
Morton Grove, IL.: Albert Whitman, 2000.
Uncle Tomás, Auntie Flora and Mrs. Lopez need Marisol to translate for them. Will Marisol make it home to see her new kittens? (QBPL J)
Friedman, Ina R.
How My Parents Learned to Eat.
Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1984.
An American sailor courts a Japanese girl and each tries, in secret, to learn the other’s way of eating. (QBPL J)
Lord, Bette Bao.
In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson.
New York: Harper & Row, 1986.
A love of baseball and the Brooklyn Dodgers help Shirley Temple Wong adjust to life in America. (QBPL J)
Wing, Natasha.
Jalapeño Bagels.
New York: Atheneum Books for Young Readers, 1996.
For International Day at school, Pablo wants to bring something that reflects the cultures of both his parents. (QBPL J)
FOR YOUNG ADULTS
Docalavich, Heather.
The UN and the Global Marketplace.
Philadelphia: Mason Crest Publishers, 2007.
Explore how the United Nations has an important role to play in ensuring a fair playing field for all in the arena of global trade and commerce. (QBPL 338.91 D)
Hoobler, Dorothy and Thomas Hoobler.
We Are Americans: Voices of the Immigrant Experience.
New York : Scholastic, 2003.
A history of immigration to America, from speculation about the earliest immigrants to the present day. (QBPL 304.84 H)
Nelson, Sheila.
The UN and Cultural Globalization.
Philadelphia: Mason Crest Publishers, 2007.
Learn how globalization affects the environment, the economy and religion, and discover the place of the United Nations in international affairs. (QBPL 341.23 N)
Teichmann, Iris.
Immigration and Asylum.
North Makato, Minnesota: Smart Apple Media, 2004.
Discusses why people immigrate, what governments can do to support or oppose immigration, the process of immigration, and the social and cultural effects. (QBPL 304.82 T)
Santos, Edward J.
Everything You Need to Know If You and Your Parents are New Americans.
New York: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc, 2002
Beginning with the history of U.S. immigration and ending with a glossary of terms and a list of where to go for help, Santos cleverly discusses the immigration process. He reminds immigrant children that while it is important to assimilate into American culture, it is also important to maintain one’s own heritage. (QBPL 304.873 S)
FOR ADULTS
Jeffry A. Frieden.
Global Capitalism: Its Fall and Rise in the Twentieth Century.
New York: Norton, 2006.
In Global Capitalism, Jeffry Frieden makes a pioneering attempt at spelling out the key economic and political events that shaped the global economy during the last century. (QBPL 337.0904 F)
Friedman, Thomas L.
The World is Flat: A Brief History of the 21st Century.
New York: Farrar, Strause and Giroux, 2006.
This best-selling book by New York Times columnist Thomas L. Friedman analyzes the progress of globalization with an emphasis on the early 21st century (QBPL 303.4833 F)
O’Connor, David E.
Encyclopedia of the Global Economy: A Guide for Students and Researchers.
Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006.
In two volumes, this publication gives an overview of key people, institutions, current issues, and historical events that are shaping the global economy. (QBPL 330.003 O)
Pratt, Mary Louise.
Imperial Eyes: Travel Writing and Transculturation.
New York: Routledge, 1995.
Imperial Eyes explores how travel books by Europeans about non-European parts of the world contributed to Euroimperialism. (QBPL 940 P)
Said, Edward.
Orientalism.
New York: Vintage Books, 1979.
In this seminal text of post-colonial studies, Edward Said studies the modes of thought and writing which have created a palpable divide between the Orient (the East) and the Occident (the West). (QBPL 950.072 S)
Scholte, Jan Aart.
Globalization: A Critical Introduction.
New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2000.
Scholte offers a scholarly definition of the notoriously fuzzy concept and much-abused popular buzzword “globalization.” (QBPL 303.4 S) |
