false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175556723m/528803.jpg 2767 23 Consistently lauded for its lively, readable prose, this revised and updated edition of <I>A People's History of the United States</I> turns traditional textbook history on its head. Howard Zinn infuses the often-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. <p> Addressing his trademark reversals of perspective, Zinn--a teacher, historian, and social activist for more than 20 years--explains, "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 easy acceptance of atrocities as a deplorable but necessary price 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 other facts, as radioactive wastes are buried in containers in the earth." <p> 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 other side of stories you may not even have heard. With its vivid descriptions of rarely noted events, <I>A People's History of the United States</I> is required reading for anyone who wants to take a fresh look at the rich, rocky history of America. 2185591 1980 A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.) total:10873|5:5395|4:3736|3:1336|2:261|1:145| 10873 46594 17870 1370 3 15 false false Mon Dec 22 06:38:04 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 22 07:17:16 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 14 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 10:52:17 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 23 23:10:02 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 12 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Sat Aug 11 07:52:22 -0700 2007 Sat Aug 11 07:59:58 -0700 2007
Seriously though, when I describe my highschool sophomore year history class I generally use the following sentence, "The theme of sophomore year history was: White people - bad, the ...more...]]> 5 12 false false Thu Jun 14 15:53:31 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 14 18:29:45 -0700 2007 real history of it.

This book is an absolute must read fo...more...]]> 4 6 false false Thu Mar 27 10:26:40 -0700 2008 Thu Mar 27 19:39:50 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 5 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sat Sep 29 17:50:37 -0700 2007 Fri Nov 02 09:29:50 -0700 2007 more...]]> 5 4 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 21:02:02 -0700 2007 Sun Oct 28 09:04:42 -0700 2007
Zinn's history is more accurate to what was ac...more...]]> 0 6 false false Sun Aug 05 11:53:46 -0700 2007 Mon Nov 19 09:24:30 -0800 2007 more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Sep 23 18:04:22 -0700 2008 Tue Sep 23 18:20:34 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 4 false false Sun Jan 20 16:13:17 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 16:21:31 -0800 2008 It reads more like sociology than history, with Zinn's concern for social groups and people's movements. Now, at a certain point, those areas with overlap, but for the most part he seems less concerned with getting to a historical truth tha...more...]]> 3 4 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 13:29:35 -0700 2007 Wed Jul 11 13:29:35 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 4 false false Tue Oct 09 16:10:43 -0700 2007 Fri Oct 12 08:23:47 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 4 false false Thu Jul 10 15:20:03 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 11:50:20 -0700 2008
Popular interest in the book, no doubt, is fueled...more...]]> 5 3 false false Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2002 Mon Mar 03 05:56:26 -0800 2008 Mon Mar 03 06:23:38 -0800 2008
The commonly taught historical perspective comes from the top of the pyramid: the government and the economic and social el...more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2002 Tue Dec 11 15:56:21 -0800 2007 Thu Jan 24 14:23:01 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 06:56:48 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 19 18:10:01 -0700 2007
But it was worth it. Zinn takes you from Columbus's arrival in North America all the way up to the crazy (read: corrupt) 2000 presidential election, highlighting the stories that don't normally get told in history textbooks or mainstream...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon May 21 13:19:16 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 20 13:20:37 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Wed Jun 27 06:08:47 -0700 2007 Wed Jun 27 06:20:05 -0700 2007
1) I despise Christopher Columbus and the idiot Americans who parade him around, honoring his mem...more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 08:25:15 -0700 2007 Mon May 28 10:41:54 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 3 false false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 13:55:55 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 19 14:14:21 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=528803