Ronald Takaki (1939&8211;2009) was the author of books including A Different Mirror, A Larger Memory, and Iron Cages, and is often cited as the father of multicultural studies in America.
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In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, and oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping history of Asian Americans. He writes of the Chinese who laid tracks for the transcontinental railroad, of plantation laborers in the... SEE MORE