11.5: Suggested Readings
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- Adler, Margot, Heretic’s Heart (Boston: Beacon Press, 1997). This is a first-person account of student activism on the Berkeley campus during the ’60s.
- Cannon, Lou, Governor Reagan: His Rise to Power (New York: Public Affairs, 2003). This book covers Ronald Reagan’s political career from his early years as a New Deal Democrat to his two terms as a conservative governor.
- Espiritu, Yen Le, Asian American Panethnicity: Bridging Institutions and Identities (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992). This book details the origins, activities, and legacy of the Asian American youth movement, with particular emphasis on campus activism in California.
- Foner, Philip S., ed., The Black Panthers Speak (Cambridge and New York: Da Capo Press, 2002). This collection includes interviews with and writings by Black Panther Party members.
- Griswold Del Castillo, Richard, and Garcia, Richard A., Cesar Chavez, A Triumph of Spirit (Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1995). This is a concise biography of Cesar Chavez that provides ample information about his union activities, fellow organizers, and political opponents.
- Johnson, Troy, The Occupation of Alcatraz (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1996). This is a comprehensive account of the Alcatraz occupation that includes information on organizers, participants, federal government reaction, and the occupation’s legacy.
- Kerner Commission, Report of the National Advisory Committee on Civil Disorders (New York: Bantam, 1968). This report, produced by a federal commission and criticized by many civil rights activists as too superficial, explores the causes and consequences of the Watts uprising.
- McGirr, Lisa, Suburban Warriors: The Origins of the New American Right (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2001). This book documents the emergence and growing influence of the new right in state and national politics.
- Muñoz, Carlos, Youth, Identity, Power: Chicano Movement (New York: Verso Press, 1989). This book describes the origins, activism, and legacy of the Chicano youth movement.
- Perry, Charles, The Haight-Ashbury (New York: Vintage, 1984). This book provides a good overview of Haight-Ashbury’s counterculture during the ’60s.
- Rorabaugh W. J., Berkeley at War: The 1960s (New York: Oxford, 1989). This book covers the rise of the Free Speech, anti-war, Black Power, and countercultural movements, and describes their impact on American politics and culture.
- Seale, Bobby, Seize the Time: The Story of the Black Panther Party and Huey P. Newton (Baltimore: Black Classic Press, 1997). This book, written by one of the founders of the Black Panther Party, describes the origins, activities, internal and external problems, and guiding philosophy of the organization.
- Wolfe, Tom, Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test (New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1968). This is an entertaining, journalistic account of the counterculture’s founders, philosophy, and alternative lifestyle.