A Young People's History of the United States
Revised and Updated
Seven Stories Press · Print & ebook · January 3, 2023
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- Who it’s for
- A people-centered retelling shifts the familiar sweep of U.S. history toward voices too often left out.
- Themes
- Overlooked voices in U.S. history, Rights struggles across U.S. history, American imperialism
- Genres
- U.S. History, Civil & Human Rights, Prejudice & Racism
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A Young People's History of the United States tells the stories of workers, enslaved people, immigrants, women, Black people, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians, and others often left out of textbooks who have been among the driving forces of our nation’s history.
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Beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus’s arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leading the reader through the struggles for workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and ending with the current protests against continued American imperialism, Zinn presents a radical new way of understanding America’s history. In so doing, he reminds readers that America’s true greatness is shaped by the people rather than by our generals our politicians. This revised and updated edition includes new chapters on Latino History by Ed Morales as well as shorter updates and revisions throughout.
History From Below
A people-centered retelling shifts the familiar sweep of U.S. history toward voices too often left out.
Come here for
- Workers’ struggles and movements for women’s and civil rights
- A view of Columbus’s arrival through Arawak eyes
Expect
- A broad sweep from early encounters to modern protests
- An account that puts people, not generals or politicians, at the center
Where it sits
| U.S. History | 70% |
|---|---|
| Civil & Human Rights | 60% |
| Prejudice & Racism | 44% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- U.S. History
- 19th Century U.S.
- Civil & Human Rights for Teens
- Authors
- Howard Zinn
- Publisher
- Seven Stories Press
- Published
- January 3, 2023
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Overlooked voices in U.S. history · Rights struggles across U.S. history · American imperialism
- Reading lane
- U.S. History