Takaki, Ronald T., 1939-2009

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Name (Latin)
Takaki, Ronald T., 1939-2009
Other forms of name
Takaki, Ronald T., 1939-
Takaki, Ronald, 1939-
Date of birth
1939-04-12
Date of death
2009-05-26
Field of activity
Ethnology--Study and teaching
Occupation
Authors
College teachers
Historians
ethnographers
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 109244313
Wikidata: Q552660
Library of congress: n 79075582
Sources of Information
  • His A pro-slavery crusade, 1971.
  • His Pau Hana, 1983:CIP t.p. (Ronald Takaki) pub. info. (Ph. D.; prof. of ethnic studies, Univ. of Calif., Berkeley)
  • New York Times WWW site, June 1, 2009(in obituary published May 30: Ronald Takaki; b. Ronald Toshiyuki Takaki, Honolulu; d. Tuesday [May 26, 2009], Berkeley, Calif., aged 70; made it his life's work to rewrite American history to include Asian-Americans and other ethnic groups excluded from traditional accounts; helped start the first doctoral program in ethnic studies in the United States)
  • Wikipedia, 12 December 2018(Ronald Takaki; Ronald Toshiyuki Takaki (April 12, 1939-May 26, 2009); was an American academic, historian, ethnographer and author; born in Oahu, Hawaii; received a bachelor's degree in history (1961); graduate studies at the University of California, Berkeley led to a master's degree (1962) and a Ph.D. in American history (1967))
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Wikipedia description:

Ronald Toshiyuki Takaki (April 12, 1939 – May 26, 2009) was an American academic, historian, ethnographer and author. Born in pre-statehood Hawaii, Takaki studied at the College of Wooster and completed his doctorate in American history at the University of California, Berkeley. His work addresses stereotypes of Asian Americans, such as the model minority concept. Among his most notable books are Strangers from a Different Shore: A History of Asian-Americans from 1989 and A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America from 1993. Takaki was a professor at the University of California, Los Angeles from 1966 to 1971 and University of California, Berkeley from 1971 to 2003.

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