Voices of a People's History of the United States - Softcover

Zinn, Howard; Arnove, Anthony

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1583229167 ISBN 13: 9781583229163

Publisher: Seven Stories Press, 2009

Synopsis

Here in their own words are Frederick Douglass, George Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Twain, and Malcolm X, to name just a few of the hundreds of voices that appear in Voices of a People's History of the United States, edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove.
Paralleling the twenty-four chapters of Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Voices of a People’s History is the long-awaited companion volume to the national bestseller. For Voices, Zinn and Arnove have selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—left by the people who make history happen but who usually are left out of history books—women, workers, nonwhites. Zinn has written short introductions to the texts, which range in length from letters or poems of less than a page to entire speeches and essays that run several pages. Voices of a People’s History is a symphony of our nation’s original voices, rich in ideas and actions, the embodiment of the power of civil disobedience and dissent wherein lies our nation’s true spirit of defiance and resilience.

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About the Author

The visionary historical work of professor and activist HOWARD ZINN (1922–2010) is widely considered one of the most important and influential of our era. After his experience as a bombardier in World War II, Zinn became convinced that there could no longer be such a thing as a “just war,” because the vast majority of victims in modern warfare are, increasingly, innocent civilians. In his books, including A People’s History of the United States, its companion volume Voices of a People’s History of the United States, and countless other titles, Zinn affirms the power of the people to influence the course of events.

From the Back Cover

This updated companion to Howard Zinn s classic A People s History of the United States brings together the powerful words and actions of women and men of all races and creeds who, though mostly powerless themselves, have made change in America across the centuries.This second edition now contains additional voices of conscience who have spoken out over the past five years, including Camilo Mejia, the first US soldier serving in Iraq to go public with his refusal to continue fighting Bush s war; Evann Orleck-Jetter, the middle school student who testified in support of equal rights for gay and lesbian families; and Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed in action in Iraq, and whose speeches galvanized sentiment against the occupation of Iraq.

Edition details

• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1583229167
• ISBN 13: 9781583229163
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 672