A People's History of the United States

by Zinn, Howard

• ISBN13: 9781565847255
• ISBN10: 1565847253
• Edition: Teacher
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-08-01
• Publisher: New Pr

Summary

The New Press's Abridged Teaching Edition of A People's History of the United States has made Howard Zinn's original text available specifically for classroom use. Each chapter in Volume II provides exercises and teaching materials that allow students to begin a critical inquiry into the American past. Volume II covers the Civil War through the present, with new chapters on the Clinton Presidency, the 2000 elections, and the "War on Terrorism."

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	ix
Introduction	xi
1. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom	3	(32)
2. The Other Civil War	35	(26)
3. Robber Barons and Rebels	61	(32)
4. The Empire and the People	93	(16)
5. The Socialist Challenge	109	(28)
6. War Is the Health of the State	137	(14)
7. Self-help in Hard Times	151	(22)
8. A People's War?	173	(28)
9. "Or Does It Explode?"	201	(20)
10. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam	221	(26)
11. Surprises	247	(24)
12. The Seventies: Under Control?	271	(16)
13. Carter-Reagan-Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus	287	(30)
14. The Unreported Resistance	317	(26)
15. The Coming Revolt of the Guards	343	(12)
16. The Clinton Presidency	355	(34)
17. The 2000 Election and the "War on Terrorism"	389	(10)
Afterword	399	(6)
Appendices	405	(34)
Bibliography	439	(22)
Index	461