America and Race Bibliography

The America and Race bibliography project presents works that provide accessible historical insights into conceptions of race, the social construction of difference, and the freedom struggles that have attempted to dismantle white supremacy. The project adopts a broad chronological span from early America to the contemporary United States, and includes Atlantic, global, national, and regional approaches. For an account of how the bibliography was created, see here.

There are two versions of this bibliography, both of which can be downloaded below. The highlights edition, which is also available on Bodleian LibGuides, features 100 selected titles. The extended edition contains more than 1000 titles and is intended to serve as a snapshot of the field at the time of compilation.

This bibliography was compiled by a research intern, Amelia Hart, an Oxford History graduate, under the direction of Dr. Sonia Tycko, our Kinder Junior Research Fellow in Atlantic History, over the summer and autumn of 2020. You can read Sonia’s account of the project here.

Highlights Edition PDF

Extended Edition PDF

Left: Native Americans at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., Sept. 1936; Center: Civil rights march on Washington, D.C., 1963 Aug. 28; Right: Roy Takano [i.e., Takeno] and Mayor, town hall meeting, Manzanar Relocation Center, California, 1943. (Library of Congress)