A Different Mirror for Young People

A Different Mirror for Young People
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Publisher : Seven Stories Press
Total Pages : 385
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ISBN-10 : 9781609804176
ISBN-13 : 1609804171
Rating : 4/5 (76 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Different Mirror for Young People by : Ronald Takaki

Download or read book A Different Mirror for Young People written by Ronald Takaki and published by Seven Stories Press. This book was released on 2012-10-30 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 updated 2008 edition of Takaki's multicultural masterwork into A Different Mirror for Young People. Drawing on Takaki's vast array of primary sources, and staying true to his own words whenever possible, A Different Mirror for Young People brings ethnic history alive through the words of people, including teenagers, who recorded their experiences in letters, diaries, and poems. Like Zinn's A People's History, Takaki's A Different Mirror offers a rich and rewarding "people's view" perspective on the American story.

When My Name Was Keoko

When My Name Was Keoko
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Publisher : Univ. of Queensland Press
Total Pages : 182
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ISBN-10 : 9780702251269
ISBN-13 : 0702251267
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Book Synopsis When My Name Was Keoko by : Linda Sue Park

Download or read book When My Name Was Keoko written by Linda Sue Park and published by Univ. of Queensland Press. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A heartwarming tale of courage, resilience and hope from master storyteller and winner of the prestigious Newbery Medal, Linda Sue Park. When her name was Keoko, Japan owned Korea, and Japanese soldiers ordered people around, telling them what they could do or say, even what sort of flowers they could grow. When her name was Keoko, World War II came to Korea, and her friends and relatives had to work and fight for Japan. When her name was Keoko, she never forgot her name was actually Kim Sun-hee. And no matter what she was called, she was Korean. Not Japanese. Inspired by true-life events, this amazing story reveals what happens when your culture, country and identity are threatened.

Naomi

Naomi
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Publisher : ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع
Total Pages : 232
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Book Synopsis Naomi by : Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

Download or read book Naomi written by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki and published by ببلومانيا للنشر والتوزيع. This book was released on 2024-03-16 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A hilarious story of one man’s obsession and a brilliant reckoning of a nation’s cultural confusion—from a master Japanese novelist. When twenty-eight-year-old Joji first lays eyes upon the teenage waitress Naomi, he is instantly smitten by her exotic, almost Western appearance. Determined to transform her into the perfect wife and to whisk her away from the seamy underbelly of post-World War I Tokyo, Joji adopts and ultimately marries Naomi, paying for English and music lessons that promise to mold her into his ideal companion. But as she grows older, Joji discovers that Naomi is far from the naïve girl of his fantasies. And, in Tanizaki’s masterpiece of lurid obsession, passion quickly descends into comically helpless masochism.

When Can We Go Back to America?

When Can We Go Back to America?
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Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 736
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ISBN-10 : 9781481401456
ISBN-13 : 1481401459
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Book Synopsis When Can We Go Back to America? by : Susan H. Kamei

Download or read book When Can We Go Back to America? written by Susan H. Kamei and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-09-27 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "An oral history about Japanese internment during World War II, after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from the perspective of children and young people affected"--

Elementary Japanese

Elementary Japanese
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Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1357624901
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Rating : 4/5 (01 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Elementary Japanese by : Yoko Hasegawa

Download or read book Elementary Japanese written by Yoko Hasegawa and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A History of the Takarazuka Revue Since 1914

A History of the Takarazuka Revue Since 1914
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Publisher : Brill
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9004203869
ISBN-13 : 9789004203860
Rating : 4/5 (69 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A History of the Takarazuka Revue Since 1914 by : Makiko Yamanashi

Download or read book A History of the Takarazuka Revue Since 1914 written by Makiko Yamanashi and published by Brill. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this book provides an in-depth analysis of Takarazuka's history, educational traditions and theatrical ethos viewed from the prism of Japan's modernization and globalization in the twentieth century. Its relationship to Japanese popular culture, especially in the fields of manga and fashion as well as its ongoing success are also addressed.

Japanese For Young People I

Japanese For Young People I
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Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
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ISBN-10 : 9781568364230
ISBN-13 : 1568364237
Rating : 4/5 (30 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Japanese For Young People I by : AJALT

Download or read book Japanese For Young People I written by AJALT and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-07-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Association for Japanese-Language Teaching (AJALT), renowned for its Japanese for Busy People series, has developed a comprehensive course for teaching Japanese to young adults in English-speaking countries. Japanese for Young People is a three-level series, designed primarily for middle school and high school curricula (with an optional starter level for elementary students) encouraging systematic Japanese-language acquisition through an enjoyable but structured learning process. With an emphasis on coordination of structure and verbal communication skills, this first Student Book introduces the building-blocks of Japanese grammar through Key Sentences, Dialogues, Exercises, and Tasks. This Student Book is accompanied by a fully-illustrated Kana Workbook which features over 100 pages of activities and games to familiarize young students with the hiragana and katakana syllabaries before advancing to the next level in the series. With color illustrations and cultural notes throughout, Japanese for Young People provides an unintimidating start to learning one of the world's most difficult languages.