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Debating Diversity: Clashing Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in AmericaISBN 0195146514 (0-19-514651-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Debating Diversity: Clashing Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America'Book summary:In the nineteenth century Herman Melville wrote, "America was settled by peoples of all nations....You cannot spill a drop of American blood without spilling the blood of the whole world. We are not a narrow tribe." At the beginning of the twenty-first century, America is more ethnically diverse than ever before. Will we fear this expanding diversity as the disuniting of America, or will we embrace a more inclusive re-definition of our national identity?
As the nation's preeminent scholar of multicultural studies, Ronald Takaki invites us to address this question by "debating diversity." The overarching theme of his new anthology is the clash of perspectives over the master narrative of American history--the powerful but mistaken story that this country was settled by European immigrants and that Americans are white.
The collection opens with the lively intellectual exchange between Nathan Glazer and Ronald Takaki on ethnicity versus race; it then turns to the contrasting interpretations of the frontier by Frederick Jackson Turner and Takaki. Other debates include: Samuel P. Huntington and Elizabeth Martínez on the diversity of civilizations; Irving Kristol and William Julius Wilson on inner-city blacks; Robert J. Samuelson and Gregory Defreitas on Mexican immigration; Governor Pete Wilson and Chancellor Chang-lin Tien on affirmative action; and James Q. Wilson and Elliott Currie on crime and punishment. The anthology closes with a debate between Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., and Takaki on whether we as Americans should pursue a vision of our society as a melting pot or as a multicultural democracy. Embedded in all of the essays is the question: "Originating from different shores, can we become one people of the United States of America?" An ideal text for diversity courses in Ethnic Studies, Political Science, American Studies, History, Sociology, Anthropology, and Education, Debating Diversity will stir students to think critically about who we have been and who we are as Americans. [via]More editions of Debating Diversity: Clashing Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America:
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural AmericaISBN 0316831115 (0-316-83111-5)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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In a lively account filled with the stories and voices of people previously left out of the historical canon, Ronald Takaki offers a fresh perspective - a "re-visioning" - of our nation's past. [via]
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Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War IIby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0316831565 (0-316-83156-5)
Softcover, Little Brown & Co
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From Different Shores: Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in Americaby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0195041879 (0-19-504187-9)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bombby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0316831247 (0-316-83124-7)
Softcover, Back Bay Books
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Iron Cages: Race and Culture in 19Th-Century Americaby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 019513737X (0-19-513737-X)
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Iron Cages: Race and Culture in Nineteenth-Century Americaby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0295959045 (0-295-95904-5)
Softcover, University of Washington Press
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Journey to Gold Mountain: The Chinese in 19Th-Century Americaby Rebecca Stefoff, Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0791021777 (0-7910-2177-7)
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A Larger Memory: A History of Our Diversity, With Voicesby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0316311626 (0-316-31162-6)
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A Pro-Slavery Crusade; The Agitation to Reopen the African Slave Tradeby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0029324300 (0-02-932430-0)
Hardcover, Simon & Schuster
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Spacious Dreams: The First Wave of Asian Immigrationby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0791021769 (0-7910-2176-9)
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Strangers from a Different Shoreby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0316831301 (0-316-83130-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Strangers from a Different Shore'Book summary: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 unable to adjust to Wisconsin's alien climate & culture, & Asian American students stigmatized by the stereotype of the "model minority." This is a powerful & moving work that will resonate for all Americans, who together make up a nation of immigrants from other shores. [via]
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Violence in the Black Imagination: Essays and Documentsby Ronald T. TakakiISBN 0195082494 (0-19-508249-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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