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North from Mexico
by Carey McWilliams • 1969
The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.
4.10
49
North from Mexico Summary
North from Mexico 92%
The Southwest was built by Mexican labor. Then it invented a Spanish past to hide them.
by Carey McWilliams 1969
4.10
49 ratings
The Mexico Reader
by Gilbert M. Joseph • 2002
Five hundred years of Mexico, from conquest to maquiladoras, told by the people who lived it.
4.09
325
The Mexico Reader Summary
The Mexico Reader 91%
Five hundred years of Mexico, from conquest to maquiladoras, told by the people who lived it.
by Gilbert M. Joseph 2002
4.09
325 ratings
Bad Mexicans
by Kelly Lytle Hernández • 2022
The Mexican Revolution began with ink, not gunpowder. The U.S. fought to stop it.
4.18
3k+
Bad Mexicans Summary
Bad Mexicans 90%
The Mexican Revolution began with ink, not gunpowder. The U.S. fought to stop it.
by Kelly Lytle Hernández 2022
4.18
3k+ ratings
The Fight in the Fields
by Susan Ferriss • 1997
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
4.00
99
The Fight in the Fields Summary
The Fight in the Fields 90%
How a migrant farmworker built a movement so large that 40,000 people marched at his funeral.
by Susan Ferriss 1997
4.00
99 ratings
Why David Sometimes Wins
by Marshall Ganz • 2008
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
3.99
177
Why David Sometimes Wins Summary
Why David Sometimes Wins 90%
No money, no power. The farm workers still beat the Teamsters. What they had was better.
by Marshall Ganz 2008
3.99
177 ratings
LatinoLand
by Marie Arana • 2024
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
4.31
610
LatinoLand Summary
LatinoLand 90%
Thirty-three countries, five centuries of mixing: the real story inside the label 'Latino.'
by Marie Arana 2024
4.31
610 ratings
Mexico
by Paul Gillingham • 2025
The Spanish didn't conquer Mexico. Indigenous armies did, and disease killed the rest.
4.00
358
Mexico Summary
Mexico 89%
The Spanish didn't conquer Mexico. Indigenous armies did, and disease killed the rest.
by Paul Gillingham 2025
4.00
358 ratings
America's Social Arsonist
by Gabriel Thompson • 2016
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
4.54
50
America's Social Arsonist Summary
America's Social Arsonist 89%
The overlooked mentor who taught Cesar Chavez that power begins with a house meeting.
by Gabriel Thompson 2016
4.54
50 ratings
They Call You Back
by Tim Z. Hernandez • 2024
1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.
4.43
30
They Call You Back Summary
They Call You Back 89%
1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.
by Tim Z. Hernandez 2024
4.43
30 ratings
Gender and the Mexican Revolution
by Stephanie J. Smith • 2009
Yucatán's revolutionaries promised freedom, then built a new patriarchy. Women fought back, briefly.
4.00
16
Gender and the Mexican Revolution Summary
Gender and the Mexican Revolution 89%
Yucatán's revolutionaries promised freedom, then built a new patriarchy. Women fought back, briefly.
by Stephanie J. Smith 2009
4.00
16 ratings
Mexico
by enrique-krauze • 1997
Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.
4.27
659
Mexico Summary
Mexico 89%
Mexican history told through its rulers: every new leader inherits the same unsettled conflicts.
by enrique-krauze 1997
4.27
659 ratings
Los mitos que nos dieron traumas
by Juan Miguel Zunzunegui • 2012
Mexico's trauma isn't the conquest. It's refusing to admit that day was its birth.
3.95
1k+
Los mitos que nos dieron traumas Summary
Los mitos que nos dieron traumas 89%
Mexico's trauma isn't the conquest. It's refusing to admit that day was its birth.
by Juan Miguel Zunzunegui 2012
3.95
1k+ ratings
They Came Before Columbus
by Ivan Van Sertima • 2003
Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.
4.46
3k+
They Came Before Columbus Summary
They Came Before Columbus 89%
Africans built ships, crossed the Atlantic, and left stone faces in Mexico before Columbus was born.
by Ivan Van Sertima 2003
4.46
3k+ ratings
Fire and Blood
by T.R. Fehrenbach • 1973
Mexico's history is one long civilizational war: the Toltecs started it, and it never stopped.
3.93
662
Fire and Blood Summary
Fire and Blood 89%
Mexico's history is one long civilizational war: the Toltecs started it, and it never stopped.
by T.R. Fehrenbach 1973
3.93
662 ratings
Fifth Sun
by Camilla Townsend • 2019
They saw steel, horses, and smallpox, not gods. The Aztec annals rewrite their own conquest.
4.08
6k+
Fifth Sun Summary
Fifth Sun 89%
They saw steel, horses, and smallpox, not gods. The Aztec annals rewrite their own conquest.
by Camilla Townsend 2019
4.08
6k+ ratings
Mañana o pasado
by Jorge G. Castañeda • 2011
Why Mexico remains stuck between past and future, and what its diaspora reveals about change.
3.62
358
Mañana o pasado Summary
Mañana o pasado 89%
Why Mexico remains stuck between past and future, and what its diaspora reveals about change.
by Jorge G. Castañeda 2011
3.62
358 ratings
Children of the Days
by Eduardo Galeano • 2012
A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.
4.18
4k+
Children of the Days Summary
Children of the Days 88%
A year-long excavation of history's buried moments, from colonial lies to quiet acts of defiance.
by Eduardo Galeano 2012
4.18
4k+ ratings
Mexifornia
by Victor Davis Hanson • 2003
California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.
3.93
760
Mexifornia Summary
Mexifornia 88%
California's crisis: what cheap labor, open borders, and multicultural denial produce.
by Victor Davis Hanson 2003
3.93
760 ratings
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City
by Barbara E. Mundy • 2015
The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.
4.11
71
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City Summary
The Death of Aztec Tenochtitlan, the Life of Mexico City 88%
The Aztec capital didn't fall. Markets, water, and ritual kept its heart alive inside Mexico City.
by Barbara E. Mundy 2015
4.11
71 ratings
Down and Delirious in Mexico City
by Daniel Hernandez • 2011
A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.
3.61
657
Down and Delirious in Mexico City Summary
Down and Delirious in Mexico City 88%
A Mexican-American writer goes home to a city that swallows him with punks, cults, and riots.
by Daniel Hernandez 2011
3.61
657 ratings
The Myth of Santa Fe
by Chris Wilson • 1997
Santa Fe's adobe charm is a twentieth-century invention, built to attract tourists and new money.
3.87
69
The Myth of Santa Fe Summary
The Myth of Santa Fe 88%
Santa Fe's adobe charm is a twentieth-century invention, built to attract tourists and new money.
by Chris Wilson 1997
3.87
69 ratings
Central America's Forgotten History
by Aviva Chomsky • 2021
Central American migration isn't about poverty. It's the legacy of a century of US intervention.
4.06
518
Central America's Forgotten History Summary
Central America's Forgotten History 88%
Central American migration isn't about poverty. It's the legacy of a century of US intervention.
by Aviva Chomsky 2021
4.06
518 ratings
A Different Mirror
by Ronald Takaki • 1993
The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.
4.18
5k+
A Different Mirror Summary
A Different Mirror 88%
The standard American story is a white invention. The real one includes the people it erased.
by Ronald Takaki 1993
4.18
5k+ ratings
The Comanche Empire
by Pekka Hämäläinen • 2008
How the Comanches built a nomadic empire that made European colonies into its economic hinterland.
4.17
2k+
The Comanche Empire Summary
The Comanche Empire 88%
How the Comanches built a nomadic empire that made European colonies into its economic hinterland.
by Pekka Hämäläinen 2008
4.17
2k+ ratings
Shamrock and Sword
by Robert Ryal Miller • 1989
A U.S. Army battalion deserted to Mexico. One country built memorials, the other built gallows.
3.86
29
Shamrock and Sword Summary
Shamrock and Sword 88%
A U.S. Army battalion deserted to Mexico. One country built memorials, the other built gallows.
by Robert Ryal Miller 1989
3.86
29 ratings
Conquistador
by Buddy Levy • 2008
An emperor greeted invaders as gods. A woman translated their words. A virus did the rest.
4.31
5k+
Conquistador Summary
Conquistador 88%
An emperor greeted invaders as gods. A woman translated their words. A virus did the rest.
by Buddy Levy 2008
4.31
5k+ ratings
Racial Innocence
by Tanya Katerí Hernández • 2022
Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.
4.32
332
Racial Innocence Summary
Racial Innocence 88%
Latinos claim immunity from racism. The evidence on housing, jobs, and violence shows otherwise.
by Tanya Katerí Hernández 2022
4.32
332 ratings
All They Will Call You
by Tim Z. Hernandez • 2017
A 1948 plane crash kills 28 Mexican deportees. Buried nameless, forgotten... until a song remembers.
4.24
351
All They Will Call You Summary
All They Will Call You 88%
A 1948 plane crash kills 28 Mexican deportees. Buried nameless, forgotten... until a song remembers.
by Tim Z. Hernandez 2017
4.24
351 ratings
Vanishing Frontiers
by Andrew Selee • 2018
While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.
3.88
129
Vanishing Frontiers Summary
Vanishing Frontiers 88%
While politicians talk walls, Mexican firms now employ 123,000 Americans and trade has quadrupled.
by Andrew Selee 2018
3.88
129 ratings
This Land Is Your Land
by Beverly Gage • 2026
Historic sites are not museums but battlegrounds where America's unresolved fights remain live.
3.84
2k+
This Land Is Your Land Summary
This Land Is Your Land 88%
Historic sites are not museums but battlegrounds where America's unresolved fights remain live.
by Beverly Gage 2026
3.84
2k+ ratings
The Indispensable Enemy
by Alexander Saxton • 1971
Capitalism was the threat, but the Chinese were the target. How white labor chose its enemy.
3.88
42
The Indispensable Enemy Summary
The Indispensable Enemy 88%
Capitalism was the threat, but the Chinese were the target. How white labor chose its enemy.
by Alexander Saxton 1971
3.88
42 ratings
The Dope
by Benjamin T. Smith • 2021
State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.
4.02
1k+
The Dope Summary
The Dope 88%
State agents, not traffickers, first unleashed the worst violence of Mexico’s drug war.
by Benjamin T. Smith 2021
4.02
1k+ ratings
A Renegade History of the United States
by Thaddeus Russell • 2010
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
3.81
2k+
A Renegade History of the United States Summary
A Renegade History of the United States 88%
America's founders feared pleasure. Its drunkards, prostitutes, and gangsters made freedom real.
by Thaddeus Russell 2010
3.81
2k+ ratings
The Wrath of Cochise
by Terry Mort • 2013
One bungled arrest, five executed hostages, and the single spark that ignited a decade of war.
3.73
217
The Wrath of Cochise Summary
The Wrath of Cochise 88%
One bungled arrest, five executed hostages, and the single spark that ignited a decade of war.
by Terry Mort 2013
3.73
217 ratings
Indians and English
by Karen Ordahl Kupperman • 2000
Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.
3.85
114
Indians and English Summary
Indians and English 87%
Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.
by Karen Ordahl Kupperman 2000
3.85
114 ratings
A Protest History of the United States
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall • 2025
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
4.12
188
A Protest History of the United States Summary
A Protest History of the United States 87%
From Indigenous resistance to Black Lives Matter, American progress came when protest demanded it.
by Gloria J. Browne-Marshall 2025
4.12
188 ratings
America, América
by Greg Grandin • 2025
Spain asked if conquest was just. England called emptied land vacant. The rift defines the Americas.
4.51
1k+
America, América Summary
America, América 87%
Spain asked if conquest was just. England called emptied land vacant. The rift defines the Americas.
by Greg Grandin 2025
4.51
1k+ ratings
The Longest Line on the Map
by Eric Rutkow • 2019
A century-long quest to link the Americas by road was stopped cold by a 250-mile jungle.
3.04
258
The Longest Line on the Map Summary
The Longest Line on the Map 87%
A century-long quest to link the Americas by road was stopped cold by a 250-mile jungle.
by Eric Rutkow 2019
3.04
258 ratings
Lies My Teacher Told Me
by James W. Loewen • 1995
History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.
3.97
75k+
Lies My Teacher Told Me Summary
Lies My Teacher Told Me 87%
History textbooks don't just teach the past. They teach you not to ask certain questions.
by James W. Loewen 1995
3.97
75k+ ratings
The Warmth of Other Suns
by Isabel Wilkerson • 2010
Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.
4.48
119k+
The Warmth of Other Suns Summary
The Warmth of Other Suns 87%
Three lives: a sharecropper, a picker, a surgeon. Their flight from the South rewired America.
by Isabel Wilkerson 2010
4.48
119k+ ratings
Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)]
by Lawrence W. Levine • 1977
White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.
4.21
470
Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)] Summary
Black Culture & Blk Conscious -30th Anniv (07) by Levine, the late Lawrence W [Paperback (2007)] 87%
White listeners heard contentment in the spirituals. They missed the coded defiance entirely.
by Lawrence W. Levine 1977
4.21
470 ratings
El Narco
by Ioan Grillo • 2011
US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.
4.07
5k+
El Narco Summary
El Narco 87%
US drug habits and a broken state turned Mexican bootleggers into a paramilitary insurgency.
by Ioan Grillo 2011
4.07
5k+ ratings
La Guerra De Los Zetas
by Diego Enrique Osorno • 2012
A president's personal war made military deserters the deadliest cartel and normalized mass killing.
3.88
145
La Guerra De Los Zetas Summary
La Guerra De Los Zetas 87%
A president's personal war made military deserters the deadliest cartel and normalized mass killing.
by Diego Enrique Osorno 2012
3.88
145 ratings
Brown Enough
by Christopher Rivas • 2022
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
4.28
310
Brown Enough Summary
Brown Enough 87%
The race conversation is Black and white. One actor discovered he belonged to neither.
by Christopher Rivas 2022
4.28
310 ratings
My Broken Language
by Quiara Alegría Hudes • 2021
A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.
4.18
4k+
My Broken Language Summary
My Broken Language 87%
A professor said her Spanish was broken. Write it that way. A playwright found her voice.
by Quiara Alegría Hudes 2021
4.18
4k+ ratings
A People’s History of the United States
by Howard Zinn • 1980
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
4.09
268k+
A People’s History of the United States Summary
A People’s History of the United States 87%
The history you learned in school is a cover story for class war, genocide, and slave revolts.
by Howard Zinn 1980
4.09
268k+ ratings
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here
by Jonathan Blitzer • 2024
Central American migration is not an invasion; it is the long shadow of American foreign policy.
4.48
11k+
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here Summary
Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here 87%
Central American migration is not an invasion; it is the long shadow of American foreign policy.
by Jonathan Blitzer 2024
4.48
11k+ ratings
The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution
by Mark Peterson • 2026
The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?
4.09
22
The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution Summary
The Making and Breaking of the American Constitution 87%
The U.S. Constitution was built to seize a continent. What happens when the land runs out?
by Mark Peterson 2026
4.09
22 ratings
Midnight in Mexico
by Alfredo Corchado • 2013
A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.
3.78
2k+
Midnight in Mexico Summary
Midnight in Mexico 87%
A reporter's search for home turns into a survival fight after a cartel warning.
by Alfredo Corchado 2013
3.78
2k+ ratings
Rough Country
by Robert Wuthnow • 2014
How Texas's frontier faith became the engine of America's conservative political machine.
3.77
26
Rough Country Summary
Rough Country 87%
How Texas's frontier faith became the engine of America's conservative political machine.
by Robert Wuthnow 2014
3.77
26 ratings
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