takaki ronald a different mirror a history of multicultural america

Now, Ronald Takaki has revised his landmark work and made it even more relevant and important. Beginning with the colonization of the New World, it recounts the history of America in the voice 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. Native Americans: why fight the White Man's way?Īsian Americans: a 'model minority' for Blacks?įrom a 'teeming shore': Russia, Ireland, and ChinaĪ dramatic new retelling of our nation's past. Japanese Americans: 'a tremendous hole' in the ConstitutionĬhinese Americans: to 'silence the distorted Japanese propaganda'

'But a few pegs to fall': the Great Depression To 'the land of hope' : Blacks in the urban North Sprinkling the fields with the sweat of their browsġ3. Up from 'Greenhorns': crossing Delancey Street In the sweatshops: an army of garment workers The exodus from Russia : pushed by pogroms Transforming California: from deserts to farmsġ1. Pacific crossings : from Japan to the land of 'money trees' The Indian 'New Deal': what kind of a 'deal' was it?ġ0.

The 'Indian question' : from reservation to reorganization The end of the frontier: the emergence of an American empireĩ. 'Caught in between': Chinese born in America Twice a minority: Chinese women in AmericaĪ sudden change in fortune: the San Francisco earthquake Searching for Gold Mountain : strangers from a different shore 'We must be conquerors or we are robbers'Ĩ. 'Foreigners in their native land' : the war against Mexico 'Green Power': the Irish 'ethnic' strategyħ. Fleeing 'the tyrant's heel' : 'exiles' from Irelandīehind the emigration: 'John Bull must have the beef' Martin Delany: father of Black nationalismĦ. 'No more peck o' corn' : slavery and its discontents 'American progress': 'Civilization' over 'savagery'ĥ. Towards 'the stony mountains' : from removal to reservationĪndrew Jackson: 'To.tread on the graves of extinct nations' 'English and Negroes in armes': Bacon's RebellionĤ.

Stolen lands: a world turned 'upside down'Ī view from the cabins: black and white together New England: the 'utter extirpation' of Indians Virginia: to 'root out' Indians as a people The 'tempest' in the wilderness : a tale of two frontiers A different mirror : the making of multicultural America -Ģ.

Takaki ronald a different mirror a history of multicultural america