With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this updated edition of the classic national bestseller reviews the book\'s thirty-five year History and demonstrates once again why it is a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.
Covering Christopher Columbus\'s arrival through President Clinton\'s first term, A People\'s History of the United States features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history..
As historian Howard 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.
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, the working poor, and immigrant laborers.
Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People\'s History of the United States has been chronicling American History from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of History taught in schools--with its emphasis on great men in high places--to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace.
With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this updated edition of the classic national bestseller reviews the book\'s thirty-five year History and demonstrates once again why it is a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history
