Way back when, I took an university ethnic studies class, and thought I held onto a book that I was planning to use as a starting point for reading up on the topic. Turns out I no longer have the book so I'm at a bit of a loss now. Book recs, both academic and credible popular/mass-market non-fiction, are much appreciated.

(also, long shot... the book had a black and white photo of an Asian migrant farmer in a field. I think the title text was in san serif yellow block letters and the spine and back of the book was turquoise. I took the class 2005-ish, and recall all the texts for the class being relatively recent.)

Thank you for your help!