A Different Mirror for Young People
A History of Multicultural America
New York : Seven Stories Press, [2012]
Format: Book
Description: vi, 377 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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. 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 .
Drawing 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. 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.
Drawing 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. 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.
Contents:
My story, our story -- Why a different mirror? -- Removing the "savages" -- The hidden origins of slavery -- The road to the reservation -- Life in slavery -- The flight from Ireland -- The war against Mexico -- From China to Gold Mountain -- Dealing with the Indians -- The Japanese and "money trees" -- Jews are pushed from Russia -- Up from Mexico -- Blacks arrive in northern cities -- World War II and America's ethnic problem -- Calls for change -- New waves of newcomers -- "We will all be minorities."
Subjects:
Minorities -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Teen literature.
United States -- Ethnic relations -- Teen literature.
Minorities -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
Cultural pluralism -- United States -- History -- Teen literature.
United States -- Race relations -- Teen literature.
United States -- Ethnic relations -- Teen literature.
Target Audience: 1120L
ISBN:
9781609804848 (hbk. : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T HISTORY Ste | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY Ste | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Teen Nonfiction | In |
T HISTORY Ste | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Teen Nonfiction | Out (Due: 6/8/2024) |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-359) and index.