wyszukanych pozycji: 11
A Different Mirror for Young People: A History of Multicultural America
ISBN: 9781609804169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. When the first edition of A Different Mirror was published in 1993, Publishers Weekly called it "a brilliant revisionist history of America that is likely to become a classic of multicultural studies" and named it one of the ten best books of the year. Now Rebecca Stefoff, who adapted Howard Zinn's best-selling A People's History of the United States for younger readers, turns the...
A longtime professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California at Berkeley, Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of Am...
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100,00 zł |
Debating Diversity: Clashing Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America
ISBN: 9780195146516 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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."... In the nineteenth century Herman Melville wrote, "America was settled by peoples of all nations....You cannot spill a drop of American blood without s...
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658,99 zł |
Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans Au Of...
ISBN: 9780316831307 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 640 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 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 Americanhistory. 16 pages of photographs.
In an extraordinary blend of eloquent narrative history, vivid personal recollection, and oral testimony, Ronald Takaki relates the diverse 150-year h...
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82,75 zł |
Violence in the Black Imagination: Essays and Documents
ISBN: 9780195082494 / Angielski / Miękka / 1993 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. 1992 has been an explosive year for racial relations in the United States--from the reactions to the Rodney King verdict to debate about Malcolm X and the film portrayal of his role in American history. What relations do the recent events in Los Angeles have to the Watts Riots in 1965? Violence in the Black Imagination shows that these recent events force us to understand the history of racism in America and its legacy of antagonism and violence. Ronald T. Takaki presents three short novels of major African-American leaders in the nineteenth century: Frederick Douglass, the leading...
1992 has been an explosive year for racial relations in the United States--from the reactions to the Rodney King verdict to debate about Malcolm X and...
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257,40 zł |
Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II
ISBN: 9780316831567 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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74,04 zł |
A Larger Memory: A History of Our Diversity, with Voices
ISBN: 9780316311625 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A sweeping yet intimate history of the diverse individuals who, together, make up America. Ronald Takaki uses letters, diaries & oral histories to share their stories. Workers, immigrants, shopkeepers, women, children & others, their lives often separated by ethnic borders, speak side by side as Takaki frames their voices with his own text.
A sweeping yet intimate history of the diverse individuals who, together, make up America. Ronald Takaki uses letters, diaries & oral histories to sha...
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140,45 zł |
Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb
ISBN: 9780316831246 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Explores the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.
Explores the decision to drop the bomb on Hiroshima.
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109,76 zł |
A Larger Memory: A History of Our Diversity, with Voices
ISBN: 9780316831697 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. A sweeping yet intimate history of the diverse individuals who, together, make up America. Ronald Takaki uses letters, diaries & oral histories to share their stories. Workers, immigrants, shopkeepers, women, children & others, their lives often separated by ethnic borders, speak side by side as Takaki frames their voices with his own text.
A sweeping yet intimate history of the diverse individuals who, together, make up America. Ronald Takaki uses letters, diaries & oral histories to sha...
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214,13 zł |
Iron Cages: Race and Culture in 19th-Century America
ISBN: 9780195137378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Now in a new edition, Iron Cages provides a unique comparative analysis of white American attitudes toward Asians, blacks, Mexicans, and Native Americans in the 19th century. This pathbreaking work offers a cohesive study of the foundations of race and culture in America. In a new epilogue, Takaki argues that the social health of the United States rests largely on the ability of Americans of all races and cultures to build on an established and positive legacy of cross-cultural cooperation and understanding in the coming 21st century. Observing that by 2050 all Americans will be...
Now in a new edition, Iron Cages provides a unique comparative analysis of white American attitudes toward Asians, blacks, Mexicans, and Nati...
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634,59 zł |
Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb Tag: Author of a Different Mirror
ISBN: 9780316831222 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unresolved. At the time, General Dwight Eisenhower, General Douglas MacArthur, and chief of staff Admiral William Leahy all agreed that an atomic attack on Japanese cities was unnecessary. All of them believed that Japan had already been beaten and that the war would soon end. Was the bomb dropped to end the war more quickly? Or did it herald the start of the Cold War? In his probing new study, prizewinning historian Ronald Takaki explores these factors and more. He...
The bombing of Hiroshima was one of the pivotal events of the twentieth century, yet this controversial question remains unresolved. At the time, Gene...
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181,19 zł |
A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America
ISBN: 9780316499071 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) |
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97,82 zł |