Bibliography and Links
Related Publications (nonfiction):
Frank Bogert. Palm Springs: The First 100 Years (1987)
Dora Costa. The Evolution of Retirement: An American Economic History (1998).
William Graebner. A History of Retirement: The Meaning and Function of an American Institution (1980).
David Gutiérrez, ed. The Columbia History of Latinos in the United States since 1960 (2004).
Karen Leonard. Making Ethnic Choice: California’s Punjabi-Mexican-Americans (1992).
Gurinder Singh Mann. Buddhists, Hindus, and Sikhs in America (2001).
Cecilia Menjívar. Fragmented Ties: Salvadoran Immigrant Networks in America (2000).
Vijay Prashad. Karma of Brown Folk (2001).
Sharmila Rudrappa. Ethnic Routes to Becoming American: Indian Immigrants and the Cultures of Citizenship (2004).
Ronald Takaki. Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans (1989).
Darshan Singh Tatla. The Sikh Diaspora: The Search for Statehood (1999).
Lea Terhune. “Sikhs Rule in California” (http://usembassy.state.gov/posts/in1/wwwhspmayjune4.html)
Web / Multimedia Suggestions:
The Desert Sun, Palm Springs
http://www.thedesertsun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/frontpage
Leisure World, Seal Beach
http://www.lwsb.com/
Cecilia Menjívar, Networks and Religious Communities among Salvadoran Immigrants in San Francisco, Phoenix, and Washington D.C. (Center for Comparative Immigration Studies, 2000)
http://www.ccis-ucsd.org/publications/wrkg25.PDF
Newspaper coverage of successful trial led by The Center for Justice and Accountability
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/12/11/MNG2I3KUV91.DTL&type=printable
Photo of community mural in honor of Oscar Romero
http://fssca.net/photos/mural/index.html
Precita Eyes Mural Arts
http://www.precitaeyes.org
SikhSpectrum
http://www.sikhspectrum.com/default.htm
United Nations Truth Commission Report, 1993
http://www.derechos.org/nizkor/salvador/informes/truth.html
The Voice of Sikh Youth
http://sikhsangat.com/
Films / Documentaries:
Innocent Voices. Directed by Luis Mandoki, 2004.
El Norte. Directed by Gregory Nava, 1983.
Terminology links:
Archbishop Oscar Romero
http://www.creighton.edu/CollaborativeMinistry/romero.html
Economic migrants
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/3527123.stm
Leisure World
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retirement_village
Refugee Act of 1980
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=33274
Sanctuary laws
http://news.pacificnews.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=65fab10d9649b33104a7fcae7a2372f2
Sikhism
http://www.religioustolerance.org/sikhism.htm