TY - BOOK AU - Zinn,Howard AU - Arnove,Anthony TI - A people's history of the United States T2 - Harper Perennial Modern Classics SN - 9780062397348 AV - E178 .Z75 2015 U1 - 973 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, NY PB - HarperPerennial KW - HISTORY KW - United States KW - State & Local KW - General KW - bisacsh KW - History, Early Modern 1451-1600 KW - History KW - fast N1 - Edition statement taken from the introduction, page xiii; Includes an afterword from the author and "P.S.: Insights, interviews & more" (author interview and book discussion, an excerpt from Original Zinn: conversations with David Barsamian, and recommended reading); "A previous edition of this book was published in hardcover in 1999 as the Twentieth Anniversary Edition by HarperCollinsPublishers."--Title page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-708) and index; Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress --; Drawing the Color Line --; Persons of Mean and Vile Condition --; Tyranny Is Tyranny --; A Kind of Revolution --; Intimately Oppressed --; As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs --; We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God --; Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom --; Other Civil War --; Robber Barons and Rebels --; Empire and the People --; Socialist Challenge --; War Is the Health of the State --; Self-help in Hard Times --; A People's War? --; "Or Does It Explode?" --; Impossible Victory: Vietnam --; Surprises --; Seventies: Under Control? --; Carter-Reagan-Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus --; Unreported Resistance --; Clinton Presidency --; Coming Revolt of the Guards --; The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism" --; Afterword N2 - "With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this edition of the classic national bestseller 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, A People's History of the United States 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 historian Howard 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, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history."-- ER -