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Strangers from a Different Shore

Ronald Takaki

  • 570 pages · about 10 hours
  • First published 1989
  • 6 editions
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1 About this book

Ronald Takaki, an expert in Asian American history and a former Ethnic Studies professor at Berkeley, tells the story of immigrants from Asia from the spike of immigration in the mid 1800s to the restrictions placed in the late 1800s to modern day immigration. An engaging and vital overview of the field.

Good for readers who want: history and a long read.

  • Asian Americans
  • History
  • Social conditions

2 About Ronald Takaki

1939–2009

Ronald Toshiyuki Takaki (April 12, 1939 – May 26, 2009) was an American academic, historian, ethnographer and author. Born in pre-statehood Hawaii, Takaki studied at the College of Wooster and completed his doctorate in American history at the University of California, Berkeley. His work addresses stereotypes of Asian Americans, such as the model minority concept.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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