false 1782543 3 <div><div><b>Adapted from the bestselling grassroots history of the United States, the story of America in the world, told in comics form</b></div><div> </div><div><div>Since its landmark publication in 1980, <i>A People&#8217;s History of the United States </i>has had six new editions, sold more than 1.7 million copies, become required classroom reading throughout the country, and been turned into an acclaimed play. More than a successful book, <i>A People&#8217;s History </i>triggered a revolution in the way history is told, displacing the official versions with their emphasis on great men in high places to chronicle events as they were lived, from the bottom up.<br> <br>Now Howard Zinn, historian Paul Buhle, and cartoonist Mike Konopacki have collaborated to retell, in vibrant comics form, a most immediate and relevant chapter of <i>A People&#8217;s History</i>: the centuries-long story of America&#8217;s actions in the world. Narrated by Zinn, this version opens with the events of 9/11 and then jumps back to explore the cycles of U.S. expansionism from Wounded Knee to Iraq, stopping along the way at World War I, Central America, Vietnam, and the Iranian revolution. The book also follows the story of Zinn, the son of poor Jewish immigrants, from his childhood in the Brooklyn slums to his role as one of America&#8217;s leading historians.<br> <br>Shifting from world-shattering events to one family&#8217;s small revolutions, <i>A People&#8217;s History of American Empire </i>presents the classic ground-level history of America in a dazzling new form.</div></div></div> 1781392 1 4 2008 A People's History of American Empire total:334|5:129|4:137|3:54|2:11|1:3| 334 1380 665 90 4 2 false false Thu Sep 17 11:10:12 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 28 07:22:20 -0700 2009

As a teacher of American History and former US Marine I found this book to be interesting because it shows the imperfections ofted ignored in the study of the American experience. Howard Zinn provides readers with an interesting history of the formation of the American Empire and the ma...more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Dec 04 17:09:50 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 18:52:17 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 23 06:51:37 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 06:51:56 -0800 2008
It doesn’t cover everything in “A People’s History...”, but starts with the Wounded Knee Massacre in 1890, when American soldiers killed or wounded 300 Native Ameri...more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 15:00:59 -0700 2009 Tue Jul 21 07:13:04 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Tue Nov 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 18 12:18:23 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 17:19:25 -0800 2008 1 more...]]> 5 1 false false Tue Jun 10 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 08:32:40 -0700 2008 Wed Sep 17 08:37:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Dec 08 10:44:10 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 08 11:00:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 06:50:56 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 12:17:52 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue May 05 18:29:11 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 13:32:43 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Dec 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 19:00:40 -0800 2008 Wed Dec 24 21:17:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Oct 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 04 09:50:46 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 07:52:54 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 06:47:48 -0700 2008 Tue Oct 14 07:19:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 26 06:23:59 -0700 2008 Fri Sep 26 06:24:13 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 13:49:15 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 27 14:00:52 -0700 2008
What really bothers me, though, is the way he addresses the Iran-Contra scandal. How he can devote so many pages to it without once mentioning Bed McFarlane, who was Prince Bandar's main contact, speaks of shoddy reporting to me. Further, from what I know of...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Aug 06 11:23:49 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 15:18:18 -0700 2008 Lies My Teacher Told Me, going through different events and talking about what most of us have been taught about hist...more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 13 10:35:21 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 27 00:06:29 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Apr 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 12:38:44 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 12:42:17 -0700 2009 A People's History of the United States into a manageable—and fun, if "fun" can be applied to a tale of systemic oppression—introduction. It's been years since I read A People's History of ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 10 08:51:22 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 10 08:56:24 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 24 13:26:59 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 11:20:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 10:53:26 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 22 08:22:51 -0800 2009 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1782543