A Young People's History of the United States: Columbus to the War on Terror

by Howard Zinn, Rebecca Stefoff (Contribution by)

Overview

A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is also a companion volume to The People Speak, the film adapted from A People's History of the United States and Voices of a People’s History of the United States.
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 in the volumes of A Young People’s History of the United States presents a radical new way of understanding America’s history. In so doing, he reminds readers that America’s true greatness is shaped by our dissident voices, not our military generals.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781583229453
Publisher:	Seven Stories Press
Publication date:	01/04/2011
Series:	For Young People Series
Sold by:	Penguin Random House Publisher Services
Format:	eBook
Pages:	464
Sales rank:	473,279
File size:	13 MB
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Age Range:	10 - 15 Years

About the Author

The visionary historical work of professor and activist HOWARD ZINN (1922–2010) is widely considered one of the most important and influential of our era. After his experience as a bombardier in World War II, Zinn became convinced that there could no longer be such a thing as a “just war,” because the vast majority of victims in modern warfare are, increasingly, innocent civilians. In his books, including A People’s History of the United States, its companion volumeVoices of a People’s History of the United States, and countless other titles, Zinn affirms the power of the people to influence the course of events.

REBECCA STEFOFF is the author of more than 100 nonfiction books for children and young adults, and she has adapted several best-selling history books for younger readers.

Table of Contents

Part One

Introduction ix

Columbus and the Indians 1

Black and White 23

Who were the Colonists? 39

Tyranny is Tyranny 57

Revolutions 71

The Women of Early America 89

As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs 105

War with Mexico 121

Slavery and Emancipation 135

The Other Civil War 153

Robber Barons and Rebels 169

The American Empire 185

Part Two

Class Struggle 201

World War I 219

Hard Times 235

World War II and the Cold War 257

Black Revolt and Civil Rights 275

Vietnam 297

Surprises 313

Under Control? 333

Politics as Usual 347

Resistance 361

The End of the Twentieth Century 375

The "War on Terrorism" 389

War in Iraq, Conflict at Home 403

"Rise Like Lions" 421

Glossary 427

Index 429

About the Authors 448