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

Paperback • 1998 • English

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

By Ronald Takaki

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In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, & oral testimony, the author 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...Show more

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9780316831307

Published year

1998

Language

English

Original title

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

Format

Paperback

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