Beginner's Guide to Derandomization I found the book Pairwise Independence and Derandomization 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.
The notes from Salil Vadhan's class, "Pseudorandomness", are excellent for this purpose.  He is writing a textbook based on these.  The draft version of the book is available online.