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kateivy's review against another edition
slow-paced
5.0
I appreciate how thorough this book was. Takaki really took the time and effort to explain so many different cultures in America. It was incredible informative.
applezing's review against another edition
5.0
This was an extremely dense book but one I’m extremely glad that I took the time to read. I was familiar with quite a few of the individual events that occurred in this book, but seeing them outlined in such detail and such frequency was truly overwhelming.
It was also pretty sobering to read the blatant prejudice in the quotes from so many venerated Americans.
I find myself wanting to encourage everyone I know to read this book, but I feel like the size (440+ pages) and sheer density of information will be off-putting for anyone who’s not already invested in understanding the entirety of American history.
It was also pretty sobering to read the blatant prejudice in the quotes from so many venerated Americans.
I find myself wanting to encourage everyone I know to read this book, but I feel like the size (440+ pages) and sheer density of information will be off-putting for anyone who’s not already invested in understanding the entirety of American history.
zankzank's review against another edition
5.0
This should be required reading in high school or college.
hellafemme's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
bluebirdsongs's review
4.0
While I considered myself familiar with many of the dark chapters in American history, there were still several eye-openers that at times made me audibly gasp in shock and horror. Never before have I more clearly understood how America has been systematically and perpetually white supremacist for its entire history, against every group of people ever to be considered "other" while on American shores.
My favorite part of this book was the inclusion of primary sources, particularly songs and poetry, to tell so many previously untold and underrepresented stories. Hearing the multicultural voices of America, telling their stories in their own words, was so incredibly powerful.
My favorite part of this book was the inclusion of primary sources, particularly songs and poetry, to tell so many previously untold and underrepresented stories. Hearing the multicultural voices of America, telling their stories in their own words, was so incredibly powerful.
disasterchick's review against another edition
4.0
I don’t want to say that this gives a different look at historical events, but a much more inclusive look at American history with a focus on Native Americans, Chinese, Italians, Irish, Black, and Latino perspectives included.
How did I find this book? I believe it was a new book or a suggestion from the CloudLibrary App.
How did I find this book? I believe it was a new book or a suggestion from the CloudLibrary App.
libkatem's review against another edition
2.0
I read it in an immigrant experience class. Takaki makes some good points, but they're somewhat lost in long-winded explainations and random Shakespearean allusions.
betiana's review against another edition
5.0
I really like the book. It weaves history as a tapestry made of several strands that are significant for the period covered usually in US2. It was written in the 1990s, at the height of the discovery of "multiculturalism" as an actual research motivation and indication of the make up of America. So the book ends around WWII. The chapter that tries to go over the end of the Civil Rights movement and the rise of conservatism lacks the perspective that the last couple of decades have given us and feels contrived. I'm planning to use this book as a resource for my US2 class, for it does a nice job of highlighting obscure stories as part of the large mosaic of our shared history.
killedbyfluffy's review against another edition
5.0
Takaki provides a great narrative history that focuses more on the flow of events and the impacts those events have on its participants than just naming names and providing sterile dates of event like in the history text books in schools. You really do care about the participants in history and their struggles.