{"title":"Ronald Takaki","description":"Ronald Takaki (1939-2009) established the Ethnic Studies Ph.D. program at the University of California, Berkeley, where he taught for thirty years. He was the author of six books, including A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America and Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II.","products":[{"product_id":"strangers-from-a-different-shore-a-history-of-asian-americans-au-of-paperback","title":"Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au Of... - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA powerful and moving history of Asian Americans that spans centuries, from the acclaimed author of \u003ci\u003eA Different Mirror\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of \"picture brides\" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming part of the American dream. He tells stories of Japanese Americans behind the barbed wire of U.S. internment camps during World War II, Hmong refugees tragically unable to adjust to Wisconsin's alien climate and culture, and Asian American students stigmatized by the stereotype of the \"model minority.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This is a powerful and moving work that will resonate for all Americans, who together make up a nation of immigrants from other shores.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51365903335647,"sku":"9780316831307","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/SVofNWmu09780316831307.webp?v=1789073717"},{"product_id":"a-different-mirror-a-history-of-multicultural-america-paperback","title":"A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \"brilliant revisionist history of America.\" --\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Ronald Takaki's \u003ci\u003eA Different Mirror \u003c\/i\u003eis a landmark work that retells American history from the bottom up, through the lives of many minorities--Native Americans, African Americans, Jewish Americans, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, and others--who helped create this country's mighty economy and rich mosaic culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51369508896991,"sku":"9780316499071","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/cxfanxfuvO9780316499071.webp?v=1789142568"},{"product_id":"a-different-mirror-for-young-people-a-history-of-multicultural-america-paperback","title":"A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe groundbreaking multicultural history of America, adapted for younger readers, now in a revised and updated edition with 100 pages of new material. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"An excellent way to include multi-ethnic materials in the classroom as a way to ensure that your students see their unique identities reflected in their coursework.\" --\u003ci\u003eSkipping Stones \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In Ronald Takaki's multicultural masterwork, the story of America includes the Native, African, Irish, Jewish, Asian, and Latine people--and many more--who made America their home, and who often fought for rights now enjoyed by all. \u003ci\u003eA Different Mirror for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e is widely hailed as the most important resource to \"teach [Americans] to value the nation's inescapable diversity\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) and has been adopted into middle and high school curricula around the country. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith a new chapter and revisions throughout, University of Illinois professor A. Naomi Paik brings this \"brilliant revisionist history\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) into the 21st century. The new material examines growing inequality in the U.S., the intensifying War on Terror that further targets and marginalizes immigrants, and, in the uplifting spirit of the original book, the emergence of social movements including land and water protections and migrant justice movements. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on Takaki's vast array of primary sources, and staying true to his own words whenever possible, \u003ci\u003eA Different Mirror for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e brings ethnic history alive through the words of people, including teenagers, who recorded their experiences in letters, diaries, and poems. 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Takaki shows what has torn us apart, yet what knits us together.\"\u003cb\u003e --Bill Bigelow, curriculum editor, \u003ci\u003eRethinking Schools\u003c\/i\u003e, and co-director, Zinn Education Project\u003c\/b\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376142385375,"sku":"9781644215968","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZD62YHk8zA9781644215968.webp?v=1789214297"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/ronald-takaki.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}