A PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES by Howard Zinn (New)

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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.