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Author: Zinn, Howard
Publication Date: 11/17/2015
Format: Paperback
With A New Introduction By Anthony Arnove, This Edition Of The Classic National Bestseller 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, A People's History Of The United States 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.--