| Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au Of... Revised Edition Contributor(s): Takaki, Ronald (Author) |
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ISBN: 0316831301 ISBN-13: 9780316831307 Publisher: Back Bay Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1998 Annotation: In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year history of Asian Americans. Through richly detailed vignettes--by turns bitter, funny, and inspiring--he offers a stunning panorama of a neglected part of Americanhistory. 16 pages of photographs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Asia - General - History | United States - General - Social Science | Emigration & Immigration |
| Dewey: 973.049 |
| LCCN: 98218270 |
| Lexile Measure: 1150 |
| Physical Information: 1.02" H x 5.47" W x 8.24" (1.17 lbs) 640 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - Asian |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A powerful and moving history of Asian Americans that spans centuries, from the acclaimed author of A Different Mirror. In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of "picture brides" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming part of the American dream. He tells stories of Japanese Americans behind the barbed wire of U.S. internment camps during World War II, Hmong refugees tragically unable to adjust to Wisconsin's alien climate and culture, and Asian American students stigmatized by the stereotype of the "model minority." This is a powerful and moving work that will resonate for all Americans, who together make up a nation of immigrants from other shores. |