He asks us to imagine what our country might have been like if Native Americans, African-Americans and women had been in charge if white working people had been able to live their lives with dignity if those with disabilities had been appreciated for their contributions if immigrants hadn’t been demonized. In A People’s History of the United States, author Howard Zinn turns history on its head by focusing on the stories of the oppressed and disenfranchised. Zinn uses an abolitionist/civil rights dialectic to push his point that everything wrong in America is not only because of “bad apples” but also due to systemic oppression The book spans more than 400 pages and includes a detailed account of American history from the point of view of marginalized people such as women and minorities. The first edition was published in 1980 and an updated tenth anniversary edition with a new afterword was released in 1999. A People’s History of the United States is a book by American historian, journalist, and socialist activist Howard Zinn.
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