Question: I found the book [Pairwise Independence and Derandomization](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1933019220) on the subject, but it's more research-oriented than tutorial oriented.

I'm new to the subject of "Derandomization," and as such, I wanted to know which reference to start from?

I prefer one that discusses literature and history, as well as the technical details.

Answer: 
The notes from Salil Vadhan's class, ["Pseudorandomness"](http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~salil/cs225/), are excellent for this purpose. He is writing a textbook based on these. The draft version of the book is available [online](http://people.seas.harvard.edu/~salil/pseudorandomness/).
I really like [Pseudorandom Generators: A Primer](http://www.wisdom.weizmann.ac.il/~oded/prg-primer.html) by Oded Goldreich. I think it's very well written and probably at the level you want. (Not very research oriented, but still has technical details.)