A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
"A wonderful, splendid book--a book that should be ready by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future." --Howard FastWith a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this edition of the classic national bestseller chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out th...
Publish Date
2015-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
2015-11-17T00:00:00.000Z
First Published in 1980
Goodreads rating
4.06
ISBN
8581000011323
Recommendations
7
Recommendations
2011-01-28T06:54:01.000Z
Remembering the great Howard Zinn on the 1st anniv of his passing. "People's History of the U.S."--the book all Americans should read. – source2018-11-08T20:05:05.000Z
3 books every Latinx should read! Open Veins Of Latin America by Eduardo Galeano, 1491 by Charles Mann, Howard Zinn’s People’s History of the United States – sourceI credit this book with propelling me to dig deeper, and to not always believe the narrative. – source
2019-02-06T05:15:56.000Z
The books of my life. I’ve been wanting to assemble them for a long time. The stack is not complete, but each one of these books is written into my mind and heart and soul. Each one is a little part of who I am. Thank you, authors. – source2020-06-23T17:15:11.000Z
I started reading People's History of America and it was just what I was looking for.
After this, I want to read the equivalent book about the Jews in Europe. I have very little idea what that was about other than it was rough and didn't end well. ;-) – source2020-01-02T11:37:23.000Z
FYI: what i read this year (following @vcstarterkit's rule)
Bold the ones i would highly recommend.
I switched to mainly listening to audiobooks and only "read" for entertainment. Hence mostly space scifi. – source