A People's History of the United States
1492 - Present

Zinn, Howard
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Publisher:  Harper Collins, USA
Year First Published:  {23456 A People's History of the United States PEOPLES HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES 1492 - Present Zinn, Howard ttp://libcom.org/a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-howard-zinn/1-columbus-the-indians-and-human-progres Harper Collins USA Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers. 1995 2003 752pp $27 BC23456s-PeoplesHistoryUSA.jpg B Book 0060528370 E178.Z75 2003 973.92--dc21 A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'. <br> <br>Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives. <br> <br>Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations. <br> <br>Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan. <br> <br>[Abstract by Vei Chong] <br> <br> <br> <br>Table of Contents <br> <br>1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress <br>2. Drawing the Colour Line <br>3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition <br>4. Tyranny is Tyranny <br>5. A Kind of Revolution <br>6. The Intimately Oppressed <br>7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs <br>8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God <br>9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom <br>10. The Other Civil War <br>11. Robber Barons and Rebels <br>12. The Empire and the People <br>13. The Socialist Challenge <br>14. War is the Health of the State <br>15. Self-help in Hard Times <br>16. A People's War? <br>17. "Or Does it Explode?" <br>18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam <br>19. Surprises <br>20. The Seventies under Control? <br>21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus <br>22. The Unreported Resistance <br>23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards <br>24. The Clinton Presidency <br>25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism" <br>Afterword <br>Bibliography <br>Index CX8894 1 true true false CX8894.htm [0xc0002027e0 0xc0008ed830 0xc001db7530 0xc001e9cff0 0xc001eb5080 0xc001ecb3b0 0xc002006f00 0xc002239080 0xc0000d1080 0xc000237e30 0xc0003159e0 0xc000360180 0xc0003759b0 0xc00024acc0 0xc00028def0 0xc00030d050 0xc0004604e0 0xc0000b30b0 0xc0000fda70 0xc0001ac480 0xc0002974d0 0xc000483d40 0xc000699560 0xc0007bd380 0xc0010e6b70 0xc0003ca060 0xc0004e72c0 0xc000545860 0xc000394360 0xc00052dda0 0xc00094a8a0 0xc000508810 0xc000ac1b60 0xc000f4cd20 0xc000fa4270 0xc00216a7e0 0xc0023fbc50 0xc002414990 0xc00261fc50 0xc0000b70e0 0xc000911e30 0xc0010c44b0 0xc001452780 0xc0014ebe90 0xc0015696b0 0xc001603a10 0xc00164c870 0xc0016880f0 0xc0018fc870 0xc001c0ccc0 0xc001ce41e0 0xc0023a4e70 0xc0027c6cf0 0xc00286eea0] Cx}
Year Published:  2003
Pages:  752pp   Price:  $27   ISBN:  0060528370
Library of Congress Number:  E178.Z75 2003   Dewey:  973.92--dc21
Resource Type:  Book
Cx Number:  CX8894

Zinn's history includes those most ignored by typical American textbook history, including Indians, blacks, women and workers.

Abstract: 
A detailed historical review of United States history from 1492 to 2002. Zinn sets out to tell America's story from the point of view of America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor and immigrant labourers. Whereas most history reflects the perspective of the powerful, Zinn looks at history from the other side and challenges the norm that 'winners always write the history books'.

Zinn outlines American history from a different perspective, and challenges mainstream history by consulting alternate sources. The book contains contemporary accounts ranging from a reporter who lived during the socialist movement of the early 1910s, to the writings of a Yale emeritus professor on the brutality of Columbus towards the natives.

Topics covered include the 'discovery' of America, the slave trade, the American Revolution, the Bill of Rights, the war in Mexico, the Civil War, the US role in the two World Wars. In the second half of the book, Zinn concentrates on the Cold War period, the civil rights movement, and chronicles the Carter, Reagan, Bush, and Clinton administrations.

Other topics and well-known names in American history include the struggles of the NAACP, Martin Luther King, Thurgood Marshall, FDR, Nixon and many more. The book concludes with the devastating effects of 9/11 and the war in Afghanistan.

[Abstract by Vei Chong]



Table of Contents

1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress
2. Drawing the Colour Line
3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition
4. Tyranny is Tyranny
5. A Kind of Revolution
6. The Intimately Oppressed
7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs
8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God
9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom
10. The Other Civil War
11. Robber Barons and Rebels
12. The Empire and the People
13. The Socialist Challenge
14. War is the Health of the State
15. Self-help in Hard Times
16. A People's War?
17. "Or Does it Explode?"
18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam
19. Surprises
20. The Seventies under Control?
21. Carter - Reagan - Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus
22. The Unreported Resistance
23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards
24. The Clinton Presidency
25. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism"
Afterword
Bibliography
Index

Subject Headings

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