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. Bill Bigelow, curriculum editor, Rethinking Schools, and co-director, Zinn Education Project About the Author RONALD TAKAKI (1939-2009) was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. This young peoples version of A Different Mirror will introduce a new generation to Takakis pathbreaking scholarship. Takaki shows what has torn us apart, yet what knits us together. In the most profound sense, this is a peoples history of our country. The mirror that Ronald Takaki holds up to the United States reflects a multicultural history of oppression and exploitation, but also struggle, solidarity, and community. Skipping Stones A Different Mirror advances a truly humane sense of American possibility.
Howard Zinn This 375-page book would be an excellent way to include multi-ethnic materials in the classroom as a way to ensure that your students see their unique identities reflected in their coursework. The research is meticulous, the writing powerful and eloquent, with what can only be called an epic sweep across time and cultures. Review Quotes a splendid achievement, a bold and refreshing new approach to our national history. Like Zinns A Peoples History, Takakis A Different Mirror offers a rich and rewarding peoples view perspective on the American story. Drawing on Takakis 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. Now Rebecca Stefoff, who adapted Howard Zinns best-selling A Peoples History of the United States for younger readers, turns the updated 2008 edition of Takakis multicultural masterwork into A Different Mirror for Young People. 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 be a classic of multicultural studies and named it one of the ten best books of the year. Book Synopsis 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. About the Book Focusing on a variety of groups-Jews, Chinese, Japanese, Africans, Irish, Mexicans, Afghans, Vietnamese, and more-this volume tells Americas story through the millions of people who came here seeking the opportunity.
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