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Strangers from a different shore : a history of Asian Americans by Takaki, Ronald T., 1939-2009. is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

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In a blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the canefields of Hawaii, of "picture brides" marrying strangers in the hope of becoming part of the American dream. He tells stories of Japanese Americans behind the barbed wire of U.S. internment camps during World War II, Hmong refugees tragically unable to adjust to Wisconsin's alien climate and culture, and Asian-American students stigmatized by the stereotype of the "model minority." This powerful and moving work, now updated with a new preface and new closing chapter, has resonance for all Americans, who together make up a nation of immigrants from other shores.

Who reads Strangers from a different shore : a history of Asian Americans?

Author

Takaki, Ronald T., 1939-2009.

Publisher

Little, Brown, c1998.

Published

1998

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316831307

Category

history

Subjects

Fiction, History, Humanities

Rating

4.09 / 5 (774 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14