For further information about Dominicans before and after immigration the following scholarly sources are very helpful:

Adams, Mildred, German Arciniegas, Everett Clinchy R. 1963. Latin America: Evolution or Explosion?: Council of World Tension. New York. Dodd.

Claypole, William, John Robottom. 2009. Caribbean History. Harlow. Longman.

Martinez Vergne, Teresita. 2005. Nation and Citizen in the Dominican Republic, 1880-1916. Chapel Hill. University of North Carolina Press.

Metz, Helen Chapin. 2001. Dominican Republic and Haiti : Country Studies. Washington, D.C. Federal Research Division, Library of Congress.

Montaner, Carlos Alberto. 2003. Twister Roots: Latin America’s Living Past. New York. Algora Pub.

Rodman, Selden. 1964. Quisqueya; a History of the Dominican Republic. Seattle. University of Washington Press.

Rys, John F. 1966. Tensions and Conflicts in Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic Between 1945 and 1959. American University.

Saez, Manuel Alcantara. 2008. Politicians and Politics in Latin America. Colorado. Lynne Rienner Publisher.

Shifter, Michael, Inter-American Dialogue (Organization), Sol M. Linowitz Forum. 1996. Tensions and Dilemmas of Democratic Politics in Latin America. Washington, D.C. Inter-American Dialogue.

United States Dept of States. 2010. Foreign relations between Latin America and the Caribbean States, 1930-1944. Farmington Hills, Michigan. Gale.

Buffington, Sean T. Dominican Americans. http://www.everyculture.com/multi/Bu-Dr/Dominican-Americans.html. March 28, 2011.

Foner, Nancy. 1987. New Immigrants in New York. New York. Columbia University Press.

Gordon, Ginger, Martha Cooper. 1993. My Two Worlds. New York. Clarion Books

Hendricks, Glenn L. 1974. The Dominican diaspora: from the Dominican Republic to New York City–villagers in transition. New York. Teachers College Press, Columbia University.

Hernandez, Ramona. 2002. The Mobility of Workers Under Advanced Capitalism: Dominican Migration to the United States. New York. Columbia University Press.

Hossell, Karen Price. 2004. Dominican Americans. Chicago. Heinemann Library.

Laó-Montes, Agustín, Arlene M. Dávila. 2001. Mambo montage : the Latinization of New York. New York. Columbia University Press.

Mitchell, Christopher. 1987. US Foreign Policy and Dominican Migration to the United State. New York. New York University.

Rinker, Kimberly A. 2004. Immigration from the Dominican Republic. Philadelphia. Mason Crest Publishers.

Silvestri, Pamela. 2005. Dominican Flavors Merge Spanish, African and Caribbean Influences. Staten Island Advance. May 11. D10