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Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, Updated and Revised Edition by RONALD TAKAKI著 is a history book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, Updated and Revised Edition about?

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, Updated and Revised Edition?

It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.

Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.

Author
RONALD TAKAKI著
Publisher
Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company
Published
1998
Language
EN
ISBN
9780316831307
Category
history
Subjects
Fiction, History, Humanities
Rating
4.09 / 5 (774 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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