THE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER A wonderful splendid book?a book that should be read by every
American student or otherwise who wants to understand his country its true history and its
hope for the future. ?Howard Fast Historian Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United
States chronicles American history from the bottom up throwing out the official narrative
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
it 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 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. This edition also includes an introduction by Anthony Arnove who wrote
directed and produced The People Speak with Zinn and who coauthored with Zinn Voices of a
People's History of the United States.
