A People's History of the United States

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<p>THE CLASSIC<br>NATIONAL BESTSELLER</p><p>"A wonderful, splendid<br>book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who<br>wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the<br>future." –Howard Fast<br>Historian Howard Zinn’s A<br>People’s History of the United States chronicles American history from the<br>bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its<br>emphasis on great men in high places—to focus on the street, the home, and the<br>workplace.<br>Known for its lively, clear<br>prose as well as its scholarly research, it is the only volume to<br>tell America's story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America's<br>women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor,<br>and immigrant laborers. As Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest<br>battles—the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws,<br>health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial<br>equality—were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance.<br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br><br>Covering<br>Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, A<br>People's History of the United States features insightful analysis of the<br>most important events in our history. This edition also includes an<br>introduction by Anthony Arnove, who wrote, directed, and produced The People<br>Speak with Zinn and who coauthored, with Zinn, Voices of a People’s History<br>of the United States.<br></p>