Strangers from a Different Shore (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Ronald Takaki
- First Published: 1989
- Type of Work: History
- Time of Work: 1849 to the 1980’s
- Setting: Asia, the Pacific Basin, and the United States
- Genres: Nonfiction, History
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Racism, American Dream, Asia or Asians, Immigration or emigration, Refugees
- Locales: United States, Asia
Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans presents the story of how Asians of diverse ethnic origins and nationalities came to the United States and how they fared in their new country. As such, it is broad in scope and contains a wealth of detail. Yet the pace of Ronald Takaki’s narrative never flags. This reflects the author’s superior writing skill and the drama of the story he is telling, one of “extravagant” hope, bitter disappointment, endless struggle, and occasional triumph. Skillfully blending together statistical and anecdotal evidence, Takaki also...
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