a different mirror a history of multicultural america revised edition

He is the author of the multiple award-winning books Strangers from a Distant Shore: A History of Asian Americans and A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America. RONALD TAKAKI (1939-2009) was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. Like Zinn's A People's History, Takaki's A Different Mirror offers a rich and rewarding 'people's view' perspective on the American story.

When the first edition of A Different Mirror was published in 1993, Publishers Weekly called it 'a brilliant revisionist history of America that is likely to become a classic of multicultural studies' and named it one of the ten best books of the year. Now Rebecca Stefoff, who adapted Howard Zinn's best-selling A People's History of the United States for younger readers, turns the updated 2008 edition of Takaki's multicultural masterwork into A Different Mirror for Young People.ĭrawing on Takaki's vast array of primary sources, and staying true to his own words whenever possible, A Different Mirror for Young People brings ethnic history alive through the words of people, including teenagers, who recorded their experiences in letters, diaries, and poems.

A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity.

A different mirror a history of multicultural america revised edition