Full name: Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans

Author: Ronald Takaki Year: 1989 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780316831307 0316831301

In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year history of Asian Americans. Through richly detailed vignettes--by turns bitter, funny, and inspiring--he offers a stunning panorama of a neglected part of American history. 16 pages of photographs. Similar books: The Greatest Stories Never Told by Rick Beyer Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare by John Toohey Unnatural Murder by Anne Somerset 1492 by Felipe Fernandez-Armesto The Evolution of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley A Brief History of the Western World by Thomas H. Greer Cotton by Stephen Yafa Dead Wake by Erik Larson The Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs One Summer: America, 1927 by Bill Bryson Catastrophe by David Keys Six Frigates by Ian W. Toll 102 Minutes by Jim Dwyer The History of Jihad by Robert Spencer Five Days at Memorial by Sheri Fink The Oregon Trail by Rinker Buck The History of Surfing by Matt Warshaw Washington's Immortals by Patrick K. O'Donnell Seven Fallen Feathers by Tanya Talaga American Gun by Chris Kyle