A People's History of the United States
(Sprache: Englisch)
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...
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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, aneight-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.
Autoren-Porträt von Howard Zinn
Howard Zinn, Historiker und Dramatiker, geboren am 24. August 1922 in Brooklyn, New York, wuchs als Immigrantenkind in einer Arbeiterfamilie in Brooklyn auf. Im Zweiten Weltkrieg war er als Bombenschütze der US Airforce im Einsatz. Nach dem Krieg studierte er an der Columbia University, wo er in Geschichts- und Politikwissenschaft promovierte. In den vergangenen Jahrzehnten war Zinn als Professor für Geschichte und Politik an der Boston University und Gastprofessor an den Universitäten von Paris und Bologna tätig und veröffentlichte zahlreiche Aufsätze und Bücher zur Politik und (Sozial-) Geschichte der Vereinigten Staaten. Zinn erhielt den Thomas Merton Award, den Upton Sinclair Award, den Lannan Literary Award und zuletzt den Prix des Amis du Monde diplomatique 2003. Howard Zinn lebt mit seiner Frau in Auburndale, Massachusetts.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Howard Zinn
- 2016, 784 Seiten, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: HarperCollins US
- ISBN-10: 0061965596
- ISBN-13: 9780061965593
Sprache:
Englisch
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