Ronald T. Takaki, Author Little Brown and Company $28 (208p) ISBN 978-0-316-83122-2
A widely accepted theory is that President Harry Truman ordered the atomic bomb dropped on Japan to end the war quickly and to avoid the massive casualties that would have occurred during an Allied invasion. That view, according to Takaki, is...
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Ronald T. Takaki, Author Back Bay Books $14.99 (208p) ISBN 978-0-316-83124-6
Ethnic studies professor Takaki argues that racism and a desire to intimidate the Soviet Union were important factors in the decision to use the atomic bomb on Japan. (July)
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Ronald T. Takaki, Author Little Brown and Company $30 (384p) ISBN 978-0-316-83169-7
Through this collection of essays, oral histories and primary source material, Takaki challenges what he describes as ""the master narrative of American history, the ethnocentric story told from the perspective of the English colonists and their...
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Ronald T. Takaki, Author Little Brown and Company $32.5 (507p) ISBN 978-0-316-83112-3
In a vibrantly rich, moving multicultural tapestry, Takaki ( Strangers from a Different Shore ) provides a fresh slant on American society by tracing the interwoven histories of Native Americans, Africans, Chinese, Japanese, Chicanos, Irish and...
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Ronald T. Takaki, Author Little Brown and Company $27.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-316-83155-0
A significant number of Americans fought WWII on two fronts, according to Berkeley ethicist Takaki (A Larger Memory; A Different Mirror; etc.): the Axis powers were one enemy; the other was racism on the home front. This is by now a conventional...
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Ronald T. Takaki, Author Little Brown and Company $24.95 (570p) ISBN 978-0-316-83109-3
Chinese immigrants to the U.S. in the 19th century were transformed into outsiders by racism and economic exploitation. This pattern, Takaki shows, would be imposed on other Asian immigrant groups. Filipinos, condescended to as ``little brown...
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Ronald T. Takaki, Author Penguin Books $14.95 (584p) ISBN 978-0-14-013885-6
``Takaki has written a vibrant, rich history that gives back a voice to countless `invisible Americans.' His broad, multi-ethnic survey is peopled with real individuals, allowing us to experience their loneliness, separation from families, struggles
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Ronald T. Takaki, Author Back Bay Books $17.99 (520p) ISBN 978-0-316-83111-6
This vibrant ethnographic history of America was on PW 's ``best books of 1993'' list. (May)
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