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A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
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.
Ronald Takaki's "brilliant revisionist history of America" (Publishers Weekly) is a landmark work of American history 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.A Different Mirror brilliantly illuminates our country's defining strengths as it reveals America as a nation peopled by the world.
Book Details
- Publisher: Back Bay Books
- Publish Date: Mar 7th, 2023
- Pages: 576
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.20in - 5.40in - 1.60in - 1.10lb
- EAN: 9780316499071
- Categories: • United States - General• Cultural & Ethnic Studies - General• Minority Studies
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What people are saying
Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People’s History offers free resources for teaching outside the textbook. Coordinated by @RethinkSchools & @TeachingChange
@rebecca_altman @emilyraboteau @katekilla As noted above, there are a lot of social justice books adapted for middle & high school. See list below via @sojustbooks. Two to recommend for question posed are "A Different Mirror" by Ronald Takaki and "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James Loewen. https://t.co/U9u2JfX07V
Using the humanities, we connect with people across Vermont to create just, vibrant, and resilient communities and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.
The “Many Americas” exhibition at Kasini House opens this Saturday and features over two dozen artworks and installations inspired by Ronald Takaki’s A Different Mirror. https://t.co/hjmBmW0L4W
Provides teachers and parents with tools to create schools where students learn to read, write, and change the world. Also @sojustbooks @zinnedproject @dcaesj
A little #throwbackThursday 🧵: As part of our orientation process, all new staff & interns participate in a discussion featuring Ronald Takaki’s "A DIFFERENT MIRROR." Last week our new staff and interns from the last 6 months held our discussion and it was 🔥🔥🔥 https://t.co/9KZTzU4vlF
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What people are saying
Zinn Education Project: Teaching a People’s History offers free resources for teaching outside the textbook. Coordinated by @RethinkSchools & @TeachingChange
@rebecca_altman @emilyraboteau @katekilla As noted above, there are a lot of social justice books adapted for middle & high school. See list below via @sojustbooks. Two to recommend for question posed are "A Different Mirror" by Ronald Takaki and "Lies My Teacher Told Me" by James Loewen. https://t.co/U9u2JfX07V
Using the humanities, we connect with people across Vermont to create just, vibrant, and resilient communities and to inspire a lifelong love of learning.
The “Many Americas” exhibition at Kasini House opens this Saturday and features over two dozen artworks and installations inspired by Ronald Takaki’s A Different Mirror. https://t.co/hjmBmW0L4W