A People's History of the United States
- ISBN-10
- 0060907924
- ISBN-13
- 9780060907921
- Series
- A People's History of the United States
- Category
- History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies)
- Pages
- 614
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980
- Publisher
- Harper & Row
- Author
- Howard Zinn
Description
Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history 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, A People's History 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 historian Howard 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, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history.
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- 2015-11-17
- 768 pages
- Paperback
- Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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