<p>Ronald Takaki''s "brilliant revisionist history of America" (<i>Publishers Weekly</i>) is a landmark work of American history retells American history from the bottom up, through the lives of many minorities - Native Americans, African Americans, Jewish Americans, Irish Americans, Asian Americans, Latino Americans, and others - who helped create this country''s mighty economy and rich mosaic culture. <br><i>A Different Mirror </i>brilliantly illuminates our country''s defining strengths as it reveals America as a nation peopled by the world.</p>