A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
by Ronald Takaki
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Author: Ronald TakakiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-12-08
ISBN: 0316022365
Number of pages: 560
Publisher: Back Bay Books
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- ISBN13: 9780316022361
- Condition: New
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Book Reviews of A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
Book Review: A Window into the Minority Experience
Summary: 5 Stars
Being someone who is of mixed-racial heritage I found this book to be what I felt was missing from American history classes throughout my public school education. Looking around in any typical American classroom will show you a number of faces from around the world whose experiences are not reflected in the history they are taught.
Ronald Takaki takes an in depth look at the minority experience throughout American history starting with the arrival of European settles and how Native Americans were alienated in their own land down through the immigrant experiences of Afghans escaping the terrors of the war in their home country. Since this book does cover such a wide range of minority experiences, it covers each ethnic group briefly by showing what drove the immigrants to come to America, how they were treated by mainstream society, and how they endured or fought until they were able to gain rights as full citizens. Some of the stories you'll read in this book are heartbreaking as you read about how immigrants fought to protect American freedoms at the same time these freedoms were denied them. Personally, I was moved by the stories of Japanese-Americans who bravely fought in Italy and France during World War II to fight against the despotic and racist Nazi regime at the same time that the American government was keeping their families in internment camps in the desert. Of course Japanese-Americans were not the only minorities to shed their blood for freedom. Members of all races came together to defeat the Nazis. How could America continue to be a racist country when one of the very reasons that America was at war was to protect the freedom of all men. It is no wonder that the chains of racism began to break down after the war. Of course this has been a slow process and there is still much work to be done.
I recommend this book to anyone who would like to learn about a different perspective on American history. I especially recommend this to members of minority groups or to people of mixed racial heritage. Of course as Takaki points out in this book, in the near future everyone is going to be in a minority. What better way to celebrate American diversity than to read this book.
Summary of A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
Upon its first publication, A Different Mirror was hailed by critics and academics everywhere as a dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounted the history of America in the voice 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 country's rich mosaic culture.Now, Ronald Takaki has revised his landmark work and made it even more relevant and important. Among the new additions to the book are:
--The role of black soldiers in preserving the Union
--The history of Chinese Americans from 1900-1941
--An investigation into the hot-button issue of "illegal" immigrants from Mexico
--A look at the sudden visibility of Muslim refugees from Afghanistan.
This new edition of A Different Mirror is a remarkable achievement that grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.
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