Ronald Takaki's beloved revisionist history of America, praised by Howard Zinn as "a bold and refreshing new approach to our national history," now featuring a foreword from Clint Smith, author of the award-winning #1 bestseller How the Word Is Passed.
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.
A "brilliant revisionist history of America." -Publishers Weekly
Ronald Takaki's A Different Mirror is a landmark work that retells American history from the bottom up, through the lives of many minorities-Native Americans, African Americans, Jewish Americans, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, and others-who helped create this country's mighty economy and rich mosaic culture.
