A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present
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Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People’s History of the United States is the only volume to tell America’s tale from the point of view of — and in the words of — America’s women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, effective poor, and immigrant laborers.
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 vital events in our history. Revised, updated, and featuring a new afterword by the leader, this is “a brilliant and moving history of the American people” (Library Journal).
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Consistently lauded for its lively, readable prose, this revised and updated edition of A People’s History of the United States turns traditional textbook history on its head. Howard Zinn infuses the regularly-submerged voices of blacks, women, American Indians, war resisters, and poor laborers of all nationalities into this thorough narrative that spans American history from Christopher Columbus’s arrival to an afterword on the Clinton presidency.
Addressing his trademark reversals of perspective, Zinn–a teacher, historian, and social liberal for more than 20 years–clarifies, “My point is not that we must, in telling history, accuse, judge, condemn Columbus in absentia. It is too late for that; it would be a useless scholarly exercise in morality. But the simple acceptance of atrocities as a deplorable but necessary fee to pay for progress (Hiroshima and Vietnam, to save Western civilization; Kronstadt and Hungary, to save socialism; nuclear proliferation, to save us all)–that is still with us. One reason these atrocities are still with us is that we have learned to bury them in a mass of additional facts, as radioactive wastes are buried in containers in the planet.”
If your last experience of American history was brought to you by junior high school textbooks–or even if you’re a specialist–get ready for the additional side of tales you may not even have heard. With its plain descriptions of rarely noted events, A People’s History of the United States is required reading for anyone who wants to take a fresh look at the rich, rocky history of America.
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I was only able to read 3-4 chaptes of this book.
There are two main problems with the book. (1) The insights are not surprising, and (2) there is hardly any evidence of worthy research behind the opinions of the leader.
He regularly cites completely absurd sources to make a point, like a bumpersticker in 2000 or “one person writing in the Gazette in 1764″. I am sure you can prove anything if you can argue with “one person once said”.
I was expecting from a book on the “history of the people” to trully investigate how “the people” have felt and lived history in this country. What you get, as a replacement for, is how the leader’s modern western and reasonably leftish view of things perceives history in hindsight. Reasonably a different thing.
The book doesn’t read like the work of an literary, but rather, like an mad ultra-left superficial view of the world. The kind of writing one finds in free weekly newspapers like “Citypaper”. At least persons editorials have humor!
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5
I have heard nothing but frightening things about this book. History “tales” about the evil United States.
Please beware that this book is an opinion, and not factual. Research History for yourself and research this leader and his political views.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I wish I had read the reviews before wasting my money on this piece of socialistic garbage! In addition to being incredibly biased against just about everything in our countries history it is dull to boot.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
MATT DAMON AND OTHER LEFTIE AIR-HEADS MAY CONSIDER HOWARD ZINN A HISTORIAN, BUT IN REALITY HE WAS A SOCIALIST WHO SUCCEEDED IN HAVING THIS BOOK BECOME REQUIRED READING IN SOME PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES (WITH HELP FROM AGING HIPPIE EDUCATORS). IN THEIR UNIVERSE, THE U.S. IS AN IMPERIALIST AGGRESSOR AND THE CAUSE OF ALL THE WORLD’S ILLS. THIS IS WHAT ZINN’S BOOK IS REALLY ABOUT AND THIS PREMISE, WHEN FOISTED ON UNSUPECTING STUDENTS ,OR THEIR PARENTS, SHOULD BE REBUKED. WHY SHOULD LEFT-WING PROPROGANDA BE ALLOWED TO GO UNCHALLANGED?
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
I had the misfortune of being forced to read parts of this book in school, and I couldn’t stand it. All this guy does is complain about the past. He seems to reflect that if we all start feeling guilty about things people we’ve never even met did hundreds of years ago, the world will be a better place. Howard Zinn needs to focus on what’s going on around him, not what happened in the past and NOBODY GIVES A RAT’S ASS ABOUT.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5