Later chapters cover the internment of Japanese-Americans during WW II and the post-1965 ``second wave'' of Asian immigrants that included Vietnamese, Cambodians and Laotians. Takaki, descended from a Japanese-American family who labored on Hawaiian plantations, and now an ethnic studies professor at UC Berkeley, 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 for survival. In an extraordinary blend of narrative history, personal recollection, & oral testimony, the author presents a sweeping. When you select Accept all cookies, you’re agreeing to let your browser store that data on your device so that we can provide you with a better, more relevant experience. Indians were feared and persecuted as labor competition Japanese-Americans withdrew into self-contained communities. Read 'Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans (Updated and Revised)' by Ronald Takaki available from Rakuten Kobo. Our web pages use cookiesinformation about how you interact with the site. Filipinos, condescended to as ``little brown brothers'' by whites in the Philippines, became targets of violent white backlash once they emigrated to the U.S. This pattern, Takaki shows, would be imposed on other Asian immigrant groups. in the 19th century were transformed into outsiders by racism and economic exploitation.
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