Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans
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Author(s)Ronald Takaki
PublisherPenguin Books
ISBN / ASIN0140138854
ISBN-139780140138856
Sales Rank844,738
CategoryHistory
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
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In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year history of Asian Americans. Through richly detailed vignettes--by turns bitter, funny, and inspiring--he offers a stunning panorama of a neglected part of Americanhistory. 16 pages of photographs.
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