‘A wonderful, splendid book–a reserve that needs to be ready by every American, student or otherwise, who would like to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the near future.’ –Howard Fast

For much of his existence, historian Howard Zinn chronicled American history from underneath up, throwing away the official version taught in schools — with its emphasis on great men in high places — to spotlight the street, the home, as well as the workplace.

Known because of its exciting, clear prose aswell as its about A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to provide scholarly research, A People’s History of america is the only volume to tell America’s story from the point of look at of-and in the words of-America’s women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As Zinn displays, quite a few country’s best battles-the battles for a fair income, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and protection standards, universal suffrage, women’s rights, racial equality-were carried out on the grassroots level, against bloody level of resistance.

Covering Christopher Columbus’s arrival through Leader Clinton’s 1st term, A People’s History of america features insightful evaluation of the most important occasions in our background.