Challenging the Mainstream Ronald Takaki's Fearless Pursuit of Truth

by Ronald Takaki. Little, Brown, 508 pp., $27.95. American ... Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror is a clear account of the basic ... Ron Takaki, "A Different Mirror" Ch. 1 (Intro), Ch. 6 (Irish Americans) & Ch. 11 (Jewish Americans) In Ronald Takaki's view, how was his interaction with a ... In a blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. Ronald Toshiyuki Takaki was an American academic, historian, ethnographer and author. Born in pre-statehood Hawaii, Takaki studied at the College of Wooster ... Ronald Takaki ... Ronald Takaki's beloved classic is a "brilliant revisionist history of America" ( Publishers Weekly ) that dramatically retells our nation's ... (1939-2009). Dr. Ronald Takaki was a leading scholar on U.S. race relations and American multicultural studies. A historian and an ethnographer, he established ... In A Different Mirror, historian and ethnographer Ronald Takaki paints a different picture of American history by showcasing America's white racist, heavy ... About. Ronald Toshiyuki Takaki (1939-2009), born in Oahu, Hawaii, was an academic, historian, ethnographer, and author. His work addresses stereotypes of ... Ronald Takaki makes a convincing claim that European settlers to this country have been viewed as the main actors on the stage of nation ... ... their idea of what it is to be American”… Excerpt from “A Different Mirror, A History of Multicultural America,” Ronald Takaki, Little, Brown and Company, 1993.