A People's History of the United States - Softcover

Zinn, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0060907924 ISBN 13: 9780060907921

Publisher: Harper, 1980, 1980

This is the controversial alternative history of the United States based less on great events and great people but more on the common people and their resistence to economic and political elites.

From the Back Cover:

With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove,  this edition of the classic national best-seller chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative 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—fights for fair wages, eight-hour workdays, 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.

About the Author:

Howard Zinn (1922–2010) was a historian, playwright, and social activist. In addition to A People’s History of the United States, which has sold more than two million copies, he is the author of many books, including the autobiography You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train, The People Speak, and Passionate Declarations. 

• Publisher: Harper, 1980
• Publication date: 1980
• ISBN 10: 0060907924
• ISBN 13: 9780060907921
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 614