A Different Mirror for Young People
A History of Multicultural America
$78.95
- Hardcover
512 pages
- Release Date
5 August 2026
Summary
The groundbreaking multicultural history of America, adapted for younger readers, now in a revised and updated edition with 100 pages of new material.
“An excellent way to include multi-ethnic materials in the classroom as a way to ensure that your students see their unique identities reflected in their coursework.” - Skipping Stones
In Ronald Takaki’s multicultural masterwork, the story of America includes the Native, African, Irish, Jewish, Asian, and Latino people—…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781644215951 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1644215950 |
| Author: | Rebecca Stefoff, Roland Takaki |
| Publisher: | Seven Stories Press,U.S. |
| Imprint: | Triangle Square |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 512 |
| Release Date: | 5 August 2026 |
| Weight: | 669g |
| Dimensions: | 44mm x 146mm x 210mm |
| Series: | For Young People Series |
| Audience Age: | 10 |
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Critics Review
“[A Different Mirror is] a splendid achievement, a bold and refreshing new approach to our national history. The research is meticulous, the writing powerful and eloquent, with what can only be called an epic sweep across time and cultures.” —Howard Zinn
“This 375-page book would be an excellent way to include multi-ethnic materials in the classroom as a way to ensure that your students see their unique identities reflected in their coursework.” —Skipping Stones
“A Different Mirror advances a truly humane sense of American possibility.” —Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
“The ‘mirror’ that Ronald Takaki holds up to the United States reflects a multicultural history of oppression and exploitation, but also struggle, solidarity, and community. In the most profound sense, this is a people’s history of our country. Takaki shows what has torn us apart, yet what knits us together. This young people’s version of A Different Mirror will introduce a new generation to Takaki’s pathbreaking scholarship.” —Bill Bigelow, curriculum editor, Rethinking Schools, and co-director, Zinn Education Project
Rebecca Stefoff
Ronald Takaki (1939-2009)
Ronald Takaki was recognized as one of the foremost scholars of American ethnic history and diversity. He is the author of the multiple award-winning books Strangers from a Distant Shore: A History of Asian Americans and A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America.
Rebecca Stefoff
Rebecca Stefoff is the author of more than 100 nonfiction books for children and young adults. She has adapted several best-selling history books for younger readers.
A. Naomi Paik
A. Naomi Paik is an associate professor of Criminology, Law & Justice and Global Asian Studies at the University of Illinois, Chicago. She published Rightlessness: Testimony and Redress in U.S. Prison Camps since World War II, which won Best Book in History from the Association for Asian American Studies in 2018 and was a runner-up for the John Hope Franklin prize for best book in American Studies in 2017. Her book Bans, Walls, Raids, Sanctuary: Understanding U.S. Immigration for the 21st Century examines the long-developing criminalization of foreign-born people in the United States. Her research and teaching interests include comparative ethnic studies, U.S. imperialism, U.S. militarism, social and cultural approaches to legal studies, transnational and women of color feminisms, carceral spaces, and labor, race, and migration.
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