Iron Cages

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Praise for Iron Cages
"A book of breathtaking scope." Chronicle of Higher Education
"Stimulating and provocative." Journal of American History
"The sort of book one has in mind when saying, If Americans really knew
their own history'____A stimulating and intelligent approach to the
history of capitalistic, expansionist society." Boston Globe
A pathbreaking work by one of the leading scholars in the field. Iron Cages provides a unique comparative analysis of white attitudes toward Asians, Blacks, Mexicans, and Native Americans in the nineteenth century, offering a cohesive study of the foundations of race and culture in America. In his provocative new epilogue, "The Fourth Iron Cage," Takaki focuses on race in contemporary society within the context of America's nuclear arms-oriented economy. He compares the Asian-American "model minority" and the black underclass, and extends his analysis to Native Americans, Chicanos, and Puerto Ricans. Incisive and up-to-date, Iron Cages... Tovább

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Praise for Iron Cages
"A book of breathtaking scope." Chronicle of Higher Education
"Stimulating and provocative." Journal of American History
"The sort of book one has in mind when saying, If Americans really knew
their own history'____A stimulating and intelligent approach to the
history of capitalistic, expansionist society." Boston Globe
A pathbreaking work by one of the leading scholars in the field. Iron Cages provides a unique comparative analysis of white attitudes toward Asians, Blacks, Mexicans, and Native Americans in the nineteenth century, offering a cohesive study of the foundations of race and culture in America. In his provocative new epilogue, "The Fourth Iron Cage," Takaki focuses on race in contemporary society within the context of America's nuclear arms-oriented economy. He compares the Asian-American "model minority" and the black underclass, and extends his analysis to Native Americans, Chicanos, and Puerto Ricans. Incisive and up-to-date, Iron Cages is an essential resource for students of ethnic history, and important reading for anyone interested in the history of race relations in America.
About the author
Ronald Takaki is currently Professor of Ethnic Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is author or editor of several books in the field of American race relations including A Pro-Slavery Crusade: The Agitation to Reopen the African Slave Trade (1971), From Different Shores: Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America (Oxford, 1987), and Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans (1989). The Berkeley faculty has honored Takaki with a Distinguished Teaching Award. He has lectured widely in this country as well as the Soviet Union and Japan. Vissza