A People's History of the United States

A People's History of the United States by Zinn, Howard. paperback edition. ISBN: 9780582772830.

This is a new edition of the radical social history of America from Columbus to the present. This powerful and controversial study turns orthodox American history upside down to portray the social turmoil behind the "march of progress". Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A Peoples History is the only volume to tell Americas story from the point of view of - and in the words of - Americas women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of Americas greatest battles - the fights for fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, womens rights, racial equality - were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbuss arrival through the Clinton years A Peoples History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, is an insightful analysis of the most important events in US history.