THE CLASSIC
NATIONAL BESTSELLER
"A wonderful, splendid
book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who
wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the
future." –Howard Fast
Historian Howard Zinn’s
A
People’s History of the United States
chronicles American history from the
bottom up, throwing out the official narrative 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
,
it 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 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,
People's History of the United States
features insightful analysis of the
most important events in our history. This edition also includes an
introduction by Anthony Arnove, who wrote, directed, and produced
The People
Speak
with Zinn and who coauthored, with Zinn,
Voices of a People’s History
of the United States
.