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. 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 become a classic of multicultural studies" and named it one of the ten best books of the year. Now Rebecca Stefoff, who adapted Howard Zinn's best-selling A People's History of the United States for younger readers, turns the updated 2008 edition of Takaki's multicultural masterwork into A Different Mirror for Young People.Drawing on Takaki's 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. Like Zinn's A People's History, Takaki's A Different Mirror offers a rich and rewarding "people's view" perspective on the American story.

Product Description: Written in an engaging manner, this book focuses on the social history, customs, and traditions of Hispanic Americans in America. Ideal for history buffs, this volume boasts black-and-white photographs, an index, glossary, and box features.

Product Description: Written in an engaging manner, this book focuses on the social history, customs, and traditions of African Americans in America. Ideal for history buffs, this volume boasts black-and-white photographs, an index, glossary, and box features.

Product Description: Written in an engaging manner, this book focuses on the social history, customs, and traditions of Native Americans in America. Ideal for history buffs, this volume boasts black-and-white photographs, an index, glossary, and box features.

Product Description: Written in an engaging manner, this book focuses on the social history, customs, and traditions of European Americans in America. Ideal for history buffs, this volume boasts black-and-white photographs, an index, glossary, and box features.

Product Description: Written in an engaging manner, this book focuses on the social history, customs, and traditions of Jewish Americans in America. Ideal for history buffs, this volume boasts black-and-white photographs, an index, glossary, and box features.

Product Description: Written in an engaging manner, this book focuses on the social history, customs, and traditions of Asian Americans in America. Ideal for history buffs, this volume boasts black-and-white photographs, an index, glossary, and box features.

Product Description: Written in an engaging manner, this book focuses on the social history, customs, and traditions of Arab Americans in America. Ideal for history buffs, this volume boasts black-and-white photographs, an index, glossary, and box features.

Product Description: The Asian Americans focuses on the social history, customs, and traditions of Asian Americans across U.S. history. Black-and-white photographs and illustrations, box features, and further reading lists are scattered throughout this user-friendly resource.

Product Description: In a compilation of essays, Early Republic: People and Perspectives explores the varied experiences of many different groups of Americans across racial, gender, religious, and regional lines in the early years of the country.• Primary sources give readers an opportunity to hear the real voices of the people of the United States in its formative decades• A bibliography provides an exhaustive list of relevant social history works over the past 40 year...read more

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A multicultural history of the United States, discussing the experiences of various ethnic groups during the earliest periods

A look at American history from 'discovery' to the War of 1812 discusses the clash between native American and European cultures, the forced arrival of Africans, the opening of the southwest, and more.

Discusses the history of such cities as New York, San Francisco, Detroit, and Miami, particularly from the vantage point of women and minorities

Describes the massive wave of immigration experienced by the United States between 1880 and World War I and the experiences of the immigrants from Europe, the Middle East, and Asia

A multicultural history of the United States, discussing the experiences of various ethnic groups during the earliest periods

Traces America's role in the forced migration of minorities from the forced importation of conscripts and indentured servants in colonial days to the present day evacuation of urban dwellers