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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
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by Ronald Takaki
Sales Rank : 51519
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Paperback: 520 pages
Publisher: Back Bay Books June 1, 1994
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0316831115
ISBN-13: 978-0316831116
Product Dimensions:
8.2 x 5.5 x 1.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
From Publishers Weekly
This vibrant ethnographic history of America was on PW 's "best books of 1993" list.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From School Library Journal
YA-Takaki traces the economic and political history of Indians, African Americans, Mexicans, Japanese, Chinese, Irish, and Jewish people in America, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism. The narrative is laced with short quotations, cameos of personal experiences, and excerpts from folk music and literature. Well-known occurrences, such as the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, the Trail of Tears, the Harlem Renaissance, and the Japanese internment are included. Students may be surprised by some of the revelations, but will recognize a constant thread of rampant racism. The author concludes with a summary of today's changing economic climate and offers Rodney King's challenge to all of us to try to get along. Students will find this overview to be an accessible, cogent jumping-off place for American history and political science assignments, plus a guide to the myriad other sources identified in the notes.
Barbara Hawkins, Oakton High School, Fairfax, VA
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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