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Product Details Binding Paperback Dewey Decimal Number 973.0495 EAN 9780316831307 ISBN 0316831301 Manufacturer Back Bay Books Number Of Items 1 Number Of Pages 640 Publication Date September 23, 1998 Publisher Back Bay Books Availability Usually ships in 24 hours Product Description In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year history of Asian Americans. Through richly detailed vignettes--by turns bitter, funny, and inspiring--he offers a stunning panorama of a neglected part of Americanhistory. 16 pages of photographs. 'Takaki has written a vibrant, rich history that gives back a voice to countless 'invisible Americans.' His broad, multi-ethnic survey is peopled with real individuals, allowing us to experience their loneliness, separation from families, struggles for survival,' praised PW . Photos. Author tour. Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc. This popular history of Asian Americans--Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Vietnamese, Filipinos, and Indians--based frequently on primary sources, shows how they have made their presence felt in America from the early 1800s. Their immigration has been marked by the cruelty of forced labor, poverty, and intense prejudice. Many had come searching for a better life after hearing tales of gold nuggets on city streets, money on trees, and the famed 'gold mountain.' Instead, they found the endless chopping of sugar cane, the sweat of laundries, the backache of building railroads. Later generations discovered the lack of opportunity despite prestigious university degrees. This is fascinating reading, highly recommended. - Kitty Chen Dean, Nassau Community Coll., Garden City, N.Y. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year history of Asian Americans. Through richly detailed vignettes--by turns bitter, funny, and inspiring--he offers a stunning panorama of a neglected part of Americanhistory. 16 pages of photographs. My grandfather emigrated from Japan to work on the cane fields of Hawaii in 1886, and my mother was born on the Hawi Plantation. As a teenager growing up on Oahu, I was not academically inclined but was actually a surfer. During my senior year, I took a religion course taught by Dr. Shunji Nishi, a Japanese American with a Ph.D. I remember going home and asking my mother, who only had an eighth-grade education: 'Mom, what's a Ph.D.?' She answered: 'I don't know but he must be very smart.' Dr. Nishi became a role model for me, and he arranged for me to attend the College of Wooster. There my fellow white students asked me questions like: 'How long have you been in this county? Where did you learn to speak English?' They did not see me as a fellow American. I did not look white or European in ancestry. As a scholar, I have been seeking to write a more inclusive and hence more accurate history of Americans, Chicanos, Native Americans as well as certain European immigrant groups like the Irish and Jews. My scholarship seeks not to separate our diverse groups but to show how our experiences were different but they were not disparate. Multicultural history, as I write and present it, leads not to what Schlesinger calls the 'disuniting of America' but rather to the re-uniting of America. Customers who bought this item also bought America Is in the Heart: A Personal History (Washington Paperbacks, Wp-68) Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America Asian Americans: An Interpretive History (Immigrant Heritage of America Series) Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White Customer Reviews for: Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au of... Rating - Best Book I Have Ever Read its about how Asians are still not welcomed here after a few centuries. People of all races should read this book. America targets Asians and finding ways to extort money from them, which is still happening today. Rating - A Book Every American Should Read This was my textbook for my Asian-American History class in college and this was one I did not sell back. This is a very interesting read about the various groups of Asian immigrants to America and their struggles. This is history you never hear about and thus makes it even more captivating. Takaki's style of writing is easy to follow and never dull. I recommend this for anyone who is seriously interested in race studies or American history. Rating - Asian American History Up Close Ronald Takaki opens the gate to Asian American history. When one reads STRANGERS FROM A DIFFERENT SHORE: A HISTORY OF ASIAN AMERICANS, there is no doubt that this area of study still needs further examination beyond what has already been written. While reading this book, two critical areas come to mind when studying the intricacies and complexities of American history and all its participants -- Asian American history about social intolerance and ... Read More Rating - Great book This book, Strangers From a Different Shore by Ronald Takaki, is a great book to read. Ron Takaki tells stories about how Asian Americans travel to America, to find a better job. They leave behind their families not knowing if they are going to come back. This book covers many Asian races like the Chinese, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, Indians, Vietnamese and other Asian races that journeyed to America in search of prosperity. As an Asian American myself, ... Read More see more reviews See all books by author Ronald Takaki

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