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A People's History of the United States CD

Highlights from the 20th Century

By Howard Zinn

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| Audio CD | 9780060530068

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For much of his life, historian Howard Zinn has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the workplace.

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For much of his life, historian Howard Zinn has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version 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, Zinn's 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 -- its women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers. Here we learn that many of our country's greatest battles -- labor laws, women's rights, racial equality -- were carried out at the grassroots level, against steel-willed resistance. This edition of A People's History of the United States features insightful analysis of some of the most important events in this country in the past one hundred years.

Featuring a preface and afterword read by the author himself, this audio continues Howard Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.

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  • Same old story of unfairness

    If you want to read my spanish review, click on the following link: http://lunairereadings.blogspot.com/2012/03/peoples-his…
    The same old story: rich people have a lot, poor people have a little, many rich people work little, a lot of poor people work a lot. That seems ... (continue)

    If you want to read my spanish review, click on the following link: http://lunairereadings.blogspot.com/2012/03/peoples-his…
    The same old story: rich people have a lot, poor people have a little, many rich people work little, a lot of poor people work a lot. That seems unfair. This book shows it one more time, and it is very well written and understandable. I liked it, but I didn't see anything new in it. Maybe I am bored of hearing the same topics over and over again.

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    ariadna73 said on Mar 5, 2012 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

  • It was a great source of alternative stories and ideas about those major events and shaping eras in US history.

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    Jason Fawcett said on Aug 30, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Audio CD
  • ISBN-10: 0060530065
  • ISBN-13: 9780060530068
  • Publisher: HarperAudio
  • Pub date: Feb 01, 2003
  • Dimensions: 968 mm x 839 mm x 194 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: Paperback, Hardcover and Others
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