Different Mirror : A History of Multicultural America
ISBN: 9780316831116 | 0316831115
Format: PaperbackPublisher: BACK BAY BOOKS
Pub. Date: 6/1/1994
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A dramatic retelling of our nation's past by today's preeminent multiculturalism scholar, Ronald Takaki, this book examines America's history in "a different mirror"-from the perspective of the minority peoples themselves. Beginning with the colonization of the "New World" and ending with the Los Angeles riots of 1992, this book recounts the history of America in the voices of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States-Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others-groups who helped create this ... MORE
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| PART ONE: BOUNDLESSNESS | 21 | (58) | |||
| Before Columbus: Vinland | 21 | (3) | |||
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| PART TWO: BORDERS | 79 | (146) | |||
| Prospero Unbound: The Market Revolution | 79 | (5) | |||
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| PART THREE: DISTANCES | 225 | (148) | |||
| The End of the Frontier | 225 | (3) | |||
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| PART FOUR: CROSSINGS | 373 | (56) | |||
| The Ashes at Dachau | 373 | (5) | |||
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| A Note of Appreciation | 429 | (1) | |||
| Notes | 430 | (65) | |||
| Index | 495 | (13) | |||
| About the Author | 508 |
Ronald Takaki is a professor in the Ethnic Studies Department at the University of California, Berkeley, and the author of six books, including Strangers from a Different Shore. He lives in Berkeley, California.
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