A People’s History of American Empire 2008
- Comic books, strips, History, Imperialism, Foreign relations
In a comic form, this book tells the stories of America's actions in the world. It includes the events of 9/11 and then explores the cycles of US expansionism from Wounded Knee to Iraq. It also follows the story of Zinn, the son of poor Jewish immigrants, from his childhood in the Brooklyn slums to his role as America's historian.
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- Author
- Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, Paul Buhle, Paul Buhle
- First published
- 2008
- Pages
- 288
- Publisher
- Metropolitam Books, Metropolitan Books, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780805077797
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Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, *A Young People's History of the United States*. Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States. His memoi
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