A People's History of the United States

With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this updated edition of the classic national bestseller reviews the book's thirty-five year history and demonstrates once again why it is a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history. 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 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 features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Zinn
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2017
• EAN: 9780062693013
• ISBN: 978-0-06-269301-3
• No. of pages: 752
• Dimensions: 162 mm x 235 mm x 49 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; HISTORY: Social History, HISTORY: United States / 20th Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE: General, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: CIVIL WAR, HISTORY: United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), POLITICAL SCIENCE: General, HARPER PERENNIAL CLASSICS: HISTORY, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS: Economics / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE: AMERICAN GOVERNMENT, COMMON CORE: SOCIAL STUDIES, POLITICAL SCIENCE: POLITICAL THEORY, POLITICAL SCIENCE: COMPARATIVE GOVERNMENT, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE: Political Freedom