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A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America
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Author: Ronald Takaki
ISBN: 9781609804169
Publisher: Triangle Square
Year: 2012
Format: Paperback
Condition: New
Drawing on Takaki's vast array of primary sources, "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."
Table of Contents:
Introduction My Story, Our Story -- Chapter 1. Why a Different Mirror? -- Chapter 2. Removing the Savages -- Chapter 3. The Hidden Origins of Slavery -- Chapter 4. The Road to the Reservation -- Chapter 5. Life in Slavery -- Chapter 6. The Flight from Ireland -- Chapter 7. The War Against Mexico -- Chapter 8. From China to Gold Mountain -- Chapter 9. Dealing with the Indians -- Chapter 10. The Japanese and Money Trees -- Chapter 11. Jews Are Pushed from Russia -- Chapter 12. Up from Mexico -- Chapter 13. Blacks Arrive in Northern Cities -- Chapter 14. World War II and America's Ethnic Problem -- Chapter 15. Calls for Change -- Chapter 16. New Waves of Newcomers -- Chapter 17. We Will All Be Minorities -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.
Table of Contents:
Introduction My Story, Our Story -- Chapter 1. Why a Different Mirror? -- Chapter 2. Removing the Savages -- Chapter 3. The Hidden Origins of Slavery -- Chapter 4. The Road to the Reservation -- Chapter 5. Life in Slavery -- Chapter 6. The Flight from Ireland -- Chapter 7. The War Against Mexico -- Chapter 8. From China to Gold Mountain -- Chapter 9. Dealing with the Indians -- Chapter 10. The Japanese and Money Trees -- Chapter 11. Jews Are Pushed from Russia -- Chapter 12. Up from Mexico -- Chapter 13. Blacks Arrive in Northern Cities -- Chapter 14. World War II and America's Ethnic Problem -- Chapter 15. Calls for Change -- Chapter 16. New Waves of Newcomers -- Chapter 17. We Will All Be Minorities -- Notes -- Glossary -- Index.