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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherLittle Brown & Company
ISBN-100316831301
ISBN-139780316831307
eBay Product ID (ePID)53178
Product Key Features
Book TitleStrangers from a Different Shore : a History of Asian Americans Au Of...
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year1998
TopicEthnic Studies / Asian American Studies, Asia / General
IllustratorYes
FeaturesRevised
GenreSocial Science, History
AuthorRonald Takaki
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight18.9 Oz
Item Length8.4 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN98-218270
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal973/.0495
Edition DescriptionRevised edition
SynopsisA 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.