A People's History of the United States: 1492 to the Present

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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, 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, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history.

Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.

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Matt Damon sounds smart when he's reading a script in GWH, but in reality, he's chosen his hero in a typical know-nothing hollywood show of naive stupidity and disdain for liberty. Writing a book about true downtrodden Americans and how they overcame odds, would be a service.Making this the central narrative of America, and implying, no screaming, that America is a terrible place run by corporations and crushing these little guys (when nowhere since the Big Bang have little guys had it better), is a lie, and a treasonous act. The kvelling over this whining liar by the Left is just sickening.

If you have a background in history and clearly understand what went on, you may want to read this book just to learn how thoroughly the left is distorting the truth to young, impressionable minds.For those many reviewers of this book who regard this book as a "new," "fair," or "revealing" treatment of history, I respectfully advise that they do much more learning independently before accepting this dishonest travesty at face value.American Thinker has published a wonderful article about this book:[.]. Knowing that this book is inflicted on young people in our schools angers me, because any professor who chooses this book clearly has an anti-US agenda.This book is a horrible distortion of the facts. I read this book expecting a fair treatment of history. Instead, I found that the book was a dishonest, highly liberally biased work of propaganda.

He is enjoying it very much and I plan to borrow it from him when we has finished it. I bought this book as a Christmas present for my brother.

Now I know the rest of the story. After seeing him on Bill Moyer's Journal, I gave a copy of Howard Zinn's history lesson to my relatives for Christmas. Like so many, I'd only heard the Corporate version of our History.

She totally loved the honesty and alternate perspective on a subject that she knows well (she is a history teacher). I gave this book to my daughter for Christmas, and although it was not the gift that I spent the most money on, she was ecstatic that I understood her well enough to pick this book for her.