A different mirror for young people : a history of multicultural America / by Ronald Takaki ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff.
Focusing on a variety of groups-Jews, Chinese, Japanese, Africans, Irish, Mexicans, Afghans, Vietnamese, and more-this volume tells America's story through the millions of people who came here seeking the opportunity.
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New York :
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Table of Contents:
- My story, our story
- Why a different mirror?
- Removing the "savages"
- The hidden origins of slavery
- The road to the reservation
- Life in slavery
- The flight from Ireland
- The war against Mexico
- From China to Gold Mountain
- Dealing with the Indians
- The Japanese and "money trees"
- Jews are pushed from Russia
- Up from Mexico
- Blacks arrive in northern cities
- World War II and America's ethnic problem
- Calls for change
- New waves of newcomers
- "We will all be minorities."