Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans
- ISBN-10
- 0316831093
- ISBN-13
- 9780316831093
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 570
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1989
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Author
- Ronald T. Takaki
Description
Including individuals from the first wave of immigrants in the 1840s, the author tells the story of some of the Asian-Americans who came to this country and the obstacles they faced here
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