H O W A R D Z I N N
Howard Zinn (1922 – 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and social activist. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than 20 books, including his best-selling and influential, A People's History of the United States, a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories. The book, which has sold more than 2 million copies and became a key text in a growing number of schools and has been featured on The Sopranos and The Simpsons,and in the film Good Will Hunting. In 2009, History Channel aired The People Speak, an acclaimed documentary co-directed by Zinn, based on A People's History and a companion volume,Voices of a People's History of the United States.
|
A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
Known for its lively clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States tells U.S. history 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 features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. |