Takaki, Ronald T(oshiyuki)

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TAKAKI, Ronald T(oshiyuki)

TAKAKI, Ronald T(oshiyuki). American, b. 1939. Genres: Cultural/Ethnic topics, History, Race relations. Career: College of San Mateo, CA, instructor in American history, 1965-67; University of California, Los Angeles, asst professor of history, 1967-72; University of California, Berkeley, 1972-, assoc professor to professor of ethnic studies. Publications: A Pro-Slavery Crusade: The Agitation to Reopen the African Slave Trade, 1971; Violence in the Black Imagination, 1972; Iron Cages: Race and Culture in Nineteenth- Century America, 1979; Pau Hana: Plantation Life and Labor in Hawaii, 1835-1920, 1983; From Different Shores: Perspectives on Race and Ethnicity in America, 1987; Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian Americans, 1989; A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, 1993; Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb, 1995; A Larger Memory: A History of Our Diversity, with Voices, 1998; Double Victory: A Multicultural History of America in World War II, 2000; Debating Diversity: Clashing Perspective on Race and Ethnicity, 2002. Address: Dept of Ethnic Studies, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720, U.S.A.