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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. 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. 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. 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. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States , which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history.

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• Full title: A People's History of the United States
• Subtitle: 1492 to Present
• Author: Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 784
• EAN: 9780061965593
• ISBN: 0061965596
• ID: 10965943
• Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Weight: 611 g
• Dimensions: 211 × 143 × 30 mm
• Date of publishing: 28. June 2016

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