With more than 300,000 paperback copies sold in its previous edition, this phenomenal bestseller, now revised for the first time, provides a “brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited politically and economically and whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories” (LibrarySale Price: Read More
Tag Archives: People’s
Dec
22
Dec
16
-
A People’s History of the United States CD
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People’s History is the only volume to tell America’s story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America’s women, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. Here we learn that many of our country’s greatest battles—childlabor laws, women’s rights, racial equality—were carried out at the grass roots level, against bloody resistance. Revised and updated with newSale Price: Read More
Dec
15
-
A People’s History of the United States CD
Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People’s History is the only volume to tell America’s story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America’s women, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. Here we learn that many of our country’s greatest battles—childlabor laws, women’s rights, racial equality—were carried out at the grass roots level, against bloody resistance. Revised and updated with newSale Price: Read More
Dec
12
-
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present
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 is the only volume to tell America’s story from the point [...]
Dec
11
-
A Young People’s History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror
A Young People’s History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People’s History of the United States is also a companion volume to The People Speak, the film adapted from A People’s History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States.Beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus’sSale [...]
Dec
8
-
A People’s History of the United States (P.S.)
A classic since its original landmark publication in 1980, Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States is the first scholarly work to tell America’s story from the bottom up—from the point of view of, and in the words of, America’s women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. From Columbus to the Revolution to slavery and the Civil War—from World War II to the election of George W. Bush and the “War on Terror”—ASale [...]
