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Spacious Dreams: The First Wave of Asian Immigration
Ronald T. Takaki
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, Jan. 1, 1994)A history of the first wave of Asian immigration in America
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Ethnic Islands: The Emergence of Urban Chinese America
Ronald Takaki
Library Binding (Chelsea House Pub, April 1, 1994)Describes the experiences of the first Chinese American communities
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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
Ronald Takaki
Paperback (Back Bay Books, Dec. 20, 1993)A dramatic retelling of our nation's past by today's preeminent multiculturalism scholar, Ronald Takaki, this book examines America's history in "a different mirror"-from the perspective of the minority peoples themselves. Beginning with the colonization of the "New World" and ending with the Los Angeles riots of 1992, this book recounts the history of America in the voices of the non-Anglo peoples of the United States-Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos, and others-groups who helped create this country's rich mosaic culture. In this significant work of scholarship, Professor Takaki grapples with the raw truth of American history and examines the ultimate question of what it means to be an American.
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Spacious Dreams
Ronald Takaki
Hardcover (Franklin Watts, March 15, 1994)Tells the story of the first wave of Asian immigrations to the United States and Canada, beginning with the importation of Chinese laborers to work on the sugar cane plantations of Hawaii in the 1850s. In the next century, Japanese, Koreans, Filipinos, and Asian Indians joined the Chinese in forming a rich, diverse community.