A Different Mirror

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 country s rich mosaic culture In this significant work of scholarship, Professor Takaki grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American. Read A Different Mirror Author Ronald Takaki – kino-fada.fr In the beginning, there was only one version of American history the one that began with the discovery of North America by Europeans, particularly the English, who created a beachhead of civilization on the East coast and then conquered a series of frontiers moving westward until they won and became God s gift to humanity, creating a country which is like a city built on a hill shedding light and progress everywhere else on earth That is the history I was taught in the 50 s and earl In the beginning, there was only one version of American history the one that began with the discovery of North America by Europeans, particularly the English, who created a beachhead of civilization on the East coast and then conquered a series of frontiers moving westward until they won and became God s gift to humanity, creating a country which is like a city built on a hill shedding light and progress everywhere else on earth That is the history I was taught in the 50 s and early 60 s as I was growing up and coming of age Sometime in the late 60 s a competing version appeared so called ethnic histories, the stories of this or that unmeltable population African Americans, Native Americans, women, Asian Americans well, you get the picture That was the new version of American history that was emerging in the late 60 s and into the 70 s when I was in graduate school and just beginning my career as a teacher The task was to recov...This book does not only depict the history of multi cultural America but also predicts the future of multi cultural America in a very pleasant and smooth way The very beginning A Different Mirror the making of multicultural America is the best part of the whole book I just Love it It gives general view and outline of how America has become multicultural It is simple and straight to the point Sometimes, you forget that you are reading a textbook full of Info, rather you think yourself rea This book does not only depict the history of multi cultural America but also predicts the future of multi cultural America in a very pleasant and smooth way The very beginning A Different Mirror the making of multicultural America is the best part of the whole book I just Love it It gives general view and outline of h...This book is about point of views from different people who came to America thinking about having a better life, but came here only be put at work, discriminated and hated But later generations saw what their ancestors went through and puteffort into education and business because they saw the good jobs came from education People tried to fit into the American Society but they were not so easily accepted From the two chapters that were read which were Searching For Gold Mountain and Pa This book is about point of views from different p...Covers different ground than Zinn s People s GHistory, and it isn t nearly as long and sweeping, but it also covers things Zinn barely touched on or didn t mention Especially Hawaii where the author s family is from Well ...I don t think I can describe how appreciative I am of Ronald Takaki s writing style This book gives an outline of how America has become the multicultural world it is today This book was written so brilliantly that it was hard to put down for me It contains so mu...Takaki s sweeping text is an excellent introduction to the history of people in the United States who have been oppressed and exploited by the dominant White culture Really, what he writes in this book is a robust, and concentrated narrative of history that does not shy away from real hurt, violence and affords the reader many opportunities to reflect on how racist and fearful policies of the past are recapitulated in a modern context While Takaki goes into the violent and painful legacy of vi Takaki s sweeping text is an e...Recently a student told me how angry she was about how much of American history was kept from her By kept, she was commenting on her own education and the depth of ignorance that her education created by ignoring or whitewashing her word the whole history of her country the USA Using only one lens left herthan half blind Finishing this remarkable history of immigration, our consistent use and abuse of the Other sometimes invited, often forced, usually used, seldom valued in o Recently a student told me how angry she was about how much of American history was kept from her By kept, she was commenting on her own education and the depth of ignorance that her education created by ignoring or whitewashing her word the whole history of her country the USA Using only one lens left herthan half blind Finishing this remarkable history of immigration, our consistent use and abuse of the Other sometimes invited, often forced, usually used, seldom valued in our midst, the unfortunate consistency of the dominant cultural response to the Other, and the sad celebration of what Franklin called the lovely White leaves me with the same sense of anger Accompanying the anger, I add frustration, remorse, and, well, simply, sadness So much abuse So much energy d...A Different Mirror A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki is a book which provides the readers with perspectives of people who come form different cultures and how they are accepted by the American people but also Ronald Takaki does a good job in taking this events form the past and attaching them to modern day society and how the idea of racism has not disappeared.A on going theme is us against them because on one side the owners who are bringing this racism to the different race A Different Mirror A History of Multicultural America by Ronald Takaki is a book which provides the readers with perspectives of people who come form different cultures and how ...This is the second time that I have read this book It is a highly readable history of American immigration and ethnic history, of interest to both the scholar and layman My only criticism is that Takaki concentrates so much on the difficulties racial prejudice, legal discrimination, etc , all of which is certainly true, that he neglects to explain why immigrants kept coming to the United States and what happened to them into the third and fourth generation that was born in America Nonethel This is the second time that I have read this book It is a highly readable history of American immigration and ethnic history, of interest to both the scholar and layman My only criticism is that Takaki concentrates so much on the difficulties racial prejudi...This book and Howard Zinn s A People s History of the United States are the typical coming of age my high school history class didn t mention that capitalism is oppressive ah ha books These books also tend to be a fou...

• English
• 20 June 2017
Ronald Takaki
• Paperback
• 508 pages
• 0316831115
• Ronald Takaki
• A Different Mirror