![]() ![]() " A Different Mirror advances a truly humane sense of American possibility." - Henry Louis Gates, Jr. "While Takaki's subtitle is 'a history of multicultural America,' his book is also a manifesto for the future."- New York Review of Books "A groundbreaker.It's fascinating to watch Takaki weave these multifaceted strands into a single narrative text." - San Francisco Chronicle ![]() "An excellent place to start in understanding how this uniquely diverse country came to be and where it is headed."- Christian Science Monitory Ronald Takaki 4. A multicultural history of America, in the voices of Native Americans, African Americans, Jews, Irish. "One closes the book with a deepened sense of the centrality of ethnicity in the American past." - Washington Post It is clearly not intended to divide Americans but rather to teach them to value the nation's inescapable diversity." - New York Times Book Review It is a laudable effort - humane, well-informed, accessible, and often inclusive. "Takaki's book is nothing less than an attempt to view all of American history from a multicultural perspective. The research is meticulous, the writing powerful and eloquent, with what can only be called an epic sweep across time and cultures." - Howard Zinn, author of A People's History of the United States "A splendid achievement, a bold and refreshing new approach to our national history. ![]()
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