A People's History of the United States 1980
By Howard Zinn, Kathy Emery, Ellen Reeves, Matt Damon, Howard Zinn
- New York Times bestseller, History, Historia, Civilización
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, working poor, and immigrant laborers.
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- Author
- Howard Zinn, Kathy Emery, Ellen Reeves, Matt Damon, Howard Zinn
- First published
- 1980
- Pages
- 695
- Publisher
- Tandem Library, Pearson Education, Limited, Siglo Veintiuno
- Editions
- 50
- Language
- Spanish, English, Chinese, Japanese
- ISBN
- 9780965607414
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“Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat.”
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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