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    A Young People's History of the United States

    Revised and Updated

    Part of For Young People Series

    Author Howard Zinn
    Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
    Contributions by Ed Morales
    Paperback
    $23.95 US
    Seven Stories Press | Triangle Square
    On sale Jan 03, 2023 | 544 Pages | 9781644212516
    Age 10 and up | Grade 5 & Up
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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.

    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.
    “Zinn has written a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited … the book is an excellent antidote to establishment history … While the book is precise enough to please specialists, it should satisfy any adult reader.” —Library Journal

    "A Young People's History of the United States offers students a valuable tool to learn outside the textbook." —Deborah Menkart, executive director, Teaching for Change

    “Zinn's work exemplifies an approach to history that is radical, regardless of its subject or geographical location. He tells us the untold story, the story of the world's poor, the world's workers, the world's homeless, the world's oppressed, the people who don't really qualify as real people in official histories. Howard Zinn painstakingly unearths the details that the powerful seek to airbrush away. He brings official secrets and forgotten histories out into the light, and in doing so, changes the official narrative that the powerful have constructed for us. He strips the grinning mask off the myth of the benign American Empire. To not read Howard Zinn is to do a disservice to yourself.” —Arundhati Roy

    “[Zinn] gives a real insight into history that is often left out of textbooks. Highly recommended.” —Socialist Review
    © Seven Stories Press
    HOWARD ZINN’s (1922–2010) great subject isn’t war, but peace. After his experience as a bombardier in World War II, he became convinced that there could be no such thing as a “just war,” as the vast majority of modern warfare’s victims are made up of innocent civilians. In his books, including A People’s History of the United States and its companion volume, Voices of a People’s History of the United States, Zinn affirms the power of the masses to influence major events. Through a lifetime of pointed scholarship and principled civil disobedience, he has led and continues to lead generations in the ways of peace. View titles by Howard Zinn

    Educator Guide for A Young People's History of the United States

    Classroom-based guides appropriate for schools and colleges provide pre-reading and classroom activities, discussion questions connected to the curriculum, further reading, and resources.

    (Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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    A Note on this Edition
    Introduction
    Introduction by Ed Morale: A New Narrative

    PART ONE
    o   Columbus and American Indians
    o   Black and White
    o   Who Were the Colonists?
    o   Tyranny is Tyranny
    o   Revolutions
    o   The Women of Early America
    o   As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs
    o   War with Mexico
    o   Slavery and Emancipation
    o   The Other Civil War
    o   Robber Barons and Rebels
    o   The American Empire

    PART TWO
    o   Class Struggle
    o   World War I
    o   Hard Times
    o   World War II and the Cold War
    o   Black Revolt and Civil Rights
    o   Vietnam
    o   Surprises
    o   The Latino Emergence
    o   Under Control?
    o   Politics as Usual
    o   Resistance
    o   The End of the Twentieth Century
    o   The “War on Terrorism”
    o   War in Iraq, Conflict at Home
    o   Our Voices Need to be Heard
    o   Conclusion by Howard Zinn: “Rise Like Lions”

    Glossary
    Index
    About the Authors

    About

    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.

    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.

    Praise

    “Zinn has written a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those who have been exploited … the book is an excellent antidote to establishment history … While the book is precise enough to please specialists, it should satisfy any adult reader.” —Library Journal

    "A Young People's History of the United States offers students a valuable tool to learn outside the textbook." —Deborah Menkart, executive director, Teaching for Change

    “Zinn's work exemplifies an approach to history that is radical, regardless of its subject or geographical location. He tells us the untold story, the story of the world's poor, the world's workers, the world's homeless, the world's oppressed, the people who don't really qualify as real people in official histories. Howard Zinn painstakingly unearths the details that the powerful seek to airbrush away. He brings official secrets and forgotten histories out into the light, and in doing so, changes the official narrative that the powerful have constructed for us. He strips the grinning mask off the myth of the benign American Empire. To not read Howard Zinn is to do a disservice to yourself.” —Arundhati Roy

    “[Zinn] gives a real insight into history that is often left out of textbooks. Highly recommended.” —Socialist Review

    Author

    © Seven Stories Press
    HOWARD ZINN’s (1922–2010) great subject isn’t war, but peace. After his experience as a bombardier in World War II, he became convinced that there could be no such thing as a “just war,” as the vast majority of modern warfare’s victims are made up of innocent civilians. In his books, including A People’s History of the United States and its companion volume, Voices of a People’s History of the United States, Zinn affirms the power of the masses to influence major events. Through a lifetime of pointed scholarship and principled civil disobedience, he has led and continues to lead generations in the ways of peace. View titles by Howard Zinn

    Guides

    Educator Guide for A Young People's History of the United States

    Classroom-based guides appropriate for schools and colleges provide pre-reading and classroom activities, discussion questions connected to the curriculum, further reading, and resources.

    (Please note: the guide displayed here is the most recently uploaded version; while unlikely, any page citation discrepancies between the guide and book is likely due to pagination differences between a book’s different formats.)

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    Table of Contents

    A Note on this Edition
    Introduction
    Introduction by Ed Morale: A New Narrative

    PART ONE
    o   Columbus and American Indians
    o   Black and White
    o   Who Were the Colonists?
    o   Tyranny is Tyranny
    o   Revolutions
    o   The Women of Early America
    o   As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs
    o   War with Mexico
    o   Slavery and Emancipation
    o   The Other Civil War
    o   Robber Barons and Rebels
    o   The American Empire

    PART TWO
    o   Class Struggle
    o   World War I
    o   Hard Times
    o   World War II and the Cold War
    o   Black Revolt and Civil Rights
    o   Vietnam
    o   Surprises
    o   The Latino Emergence
    o   Under Control?
    o   Politics as Usual
    o   Resistance
    o   The End of the Twentieth Century
    o   The “War on Terrorism”
    o   War in Iraq, Conflict at Home
    o   Our Voices Need to be Heard
    o   Conclusion by Howard Zinn: “Rise Like Lions”

    Glossary
    Index
    About the Authors

    Additional formats

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