THE CLASSIC
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
“A wonderful, splendid
book—a 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 Zinn’s A
People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the
bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its
emphasis on great men in high places—to 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 America’s story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America’s
women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor,
and immigrant laborers. As Zinn shows, many of our country’s greatest
battles—the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws,
health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women’s rights, racial
equality—were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance.
Covering
Christopher Columbus’s arrival through President Clinton’s first term, A
People’s 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 People’s History
of the United States.
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ASIN : B015XEWZHI
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Accessibility : Learn more
Publication date : November 17, 2015
Edition : Reissue
Language : English
File size : 5.1 MB
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 764 pages
ISBN-10 : 9780062466679
ISBN-13 : 978-0062466679
Page Flip : Enabled
Best Sellers Rank: #2,766 in Kindle Store (See Top 100 in Kindle Store) #1 in U.S. Civil War Women’s History #1 in History of Race & Ethnicity #1 in Historical Study Reference (Kindle Store)
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