Ronald Takaki

Ronald Toshiyuki Takaki ( born April 12, 1939 in Oahu, Hawaii, † 26 May, 2009 Berkeley, California ) was an American historian, professor, ethnographer and author. Because of his heritage, he often devoted to the history and other topics of immigration to the United States.

Life

Takaki is a child of Japanese parents, who worked on the sugar plantations of Hawaii. Although as a youth he clung more to beach life and surfing, he was encouraged to college attendance based on the recommendation of one of his teachers. As one of the few Asian students at the College of Wooster in Ohio, he was confronted with the problem of racial otherness, which influenced his future plans. His bachelor 's degree in history he made in 1961 followed by a Masters in 1962 and his doctorate in 1967 at the University of California, Berkeley. His doctoral thesis dealt with slavery in America and these underlying ideas and was later published as a book.

Academic career

Takaki was a lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles and taught there first on the history of Black ( Black History ). He was appointed to his alma mater to Berkeley in 1972. His lectures, for example, about the racial inequality in America were the basis for the development of the study program Ethnic Studies, which leads to the promotion today. In 2004, Takaki was given emeritus status after 30 years in Berkeley.

Family and death

Takaki was married to Carol Rankin. The couple has three children. Takaki committed suicide because he had suffered from multiple sclerosis under the already than 20 years of disease.

Publications

• 2012: Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff: A different Mirror for young people: A History of Multicultural America. Seven Stories Press, New York, ISBN 978-1-609804848.

• Historian
• Ethnographer
• Americanist
• Nonfiction author
• University teachers ( University of California, Los Angeles)
• University teachers ( University of California, Berkeley )
• Americans
• Born in 1939
• Died in 2009
• Man