View A Different Mirror: A History Of Multicultural America Background. Includes bibliographical references and index. Takaki traces the economic and political history of indians, african americans, mexicans, japanese, chinese, irish, and jewish people in america, with considerable attention given to instances and consequences of racism.

Before reading a different mirror i saw our nation's history as the story of the advance of civilization. A different mirror is 445 pages of rather small text, so doing more than hinting at its contents is impossible. A different mirror is a dramatic new retelling of our nation's history, a powerful larger narrative of the many different peoples who together compose the it gives general view and outline of how america has become multicultural.

A history of multicultural america (a back bay book) (a back bay book).

A history of multicultural america. The second part of the book's title gives a good summary of the work: Ronald takaki adapted by rebecca stefoff. A history of multicultural america.