BOOKS AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW:

(contact the Editor if you wish to review any of these books

for publication, we will send you our copy for you to keep)

* Not in Alpha Order

1) Chicano Studies: The Genesis of a Discipline (Hardcover) by Michael Soldatenko. Published in 2009, University of Arizona (Tucson)

2) Sueños Americanos: Barrio Youth Negotiating Social and Cultural Identities (Hardcover) by Julio Cammarota. Published in 2009, University of Arizona (Tucson)

3) We ARE Americans: Undocumented Students Pursuing the American Dream by William Perez. Published in 2009, Stylus Publishing (Sterling, Virginia).

4) Diversity's Promise for Higher Education: Making It Work by Daryl G. Smith (Hardcover). Published in 2009, John Hopkins University Press (Baltimore, MD).

                                       GENERAL GUIDELINES:

                   Some questions to keep in mind (suggested manuscript length is 2 to 3 pages).

1. What is the book’s argument?
2. Does the book do what it says it is going to do?
3. Is the book a contribution to the field or discipline?

4. Does the book relate to a current debate or trend in the field and if so, how?

5. What is the theoretical lineage or school of thought out of which the book rises?

6. Is the book well-written?

7. What are the books terms and are they defined?

8. How accurate is the information (e.g., the footnotes, bibliography, dates)?

9. Are the illustrations helpful? If there are no illustrations, should there have been?

10. Who would benefit from reading this book?

11. How does the book compare to other books in the field?

12. If it is a textbook, what courses can it be used in and how clear is the book’s structure and examples?

It may be worthwhile to perform an on-line search to get a sense for the author’s history, research agenda, other books, university appointments, and so forth. This can provide you with useful context.

                 Basic Classic Write-up or Structure:

13. Title including complete bibliographic citation for the work (i.e., title in full, author, place, publisher, date of publication, edition statement, pages, special features [maps, color plates, etc.], price, and ISBN.

14. One paragraph identifying the thesis, and whether the author achieves the stated purpose of the book.

15. One or two paragraphs summarizing the book.

16. One paragraph on the book’s strengths.
17. One paragraph on the book’s weaknesses.

18. One paragraph on your assessment of the book’s strengths and weaknesses.