A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America

Book - Nonfiction. By Ronald Takaki. 2008. 560 pages.
A multicultural history of America, in the voices of Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and others.

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Winner of an American Book Award, A Different Mirror recounts U.S. history in the voices of Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and others.

Takaki turns the Anglocentric historical viewpoint inside out and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.

The book is an excellent companion to A People’s History of the United States.

Published by Hachette Book Group.

ISBN: 9780316022361

African American, Asian American, Immigration, Individuals in US History, Labor, Latino, Native American, Pacific Islander, Social Class