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THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER
A wonderful, splendid booka book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future. -Howard Fast
Historian Howard Zinns A Peoples History of the United States chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schoolswith its emphasis on great men in high placesto focus on the street, the home, and the workplace.
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, it is the only volume to tell Americas story from the point of view ofand in the words ofAmericas women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As Zinn shows, many of our countrys greatest battlesthe fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, womens rights, racial equalitywere carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance.
Covering Christopher Columbuss arrival through President Clintons first term, A Peoples History of the United States features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. This edition also includes an introduction by Anthony Arnove, who wrote, directed, and produced The People Speak with Zinn and who coauthored, with Zinn, Voices of a Peoples History of the United States.
Author: Howard Zinn
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Harper
Published: 04/18/2017
Pages: 752
Weight: 1.9lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.30w x 1.80d
ISBN: 9780062693013
Language: English
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