A Young People's History of the United States

by Zinn, Howard; Stefoff, Rebecca

• ISBN13: 9781583228692
• ISBN10: 1583228691
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-06-02
• Publisher: Triangle Square

Summary

Young People have been making important contributions to history for centuries. There's Anyokah, the child who helped bring written language to her Cherokee people. There are the young laborers who-to the benefit of their peers toiling in cotton mills, canneries, and mines-stood up for themselves with the National Child Labor Committee's Declaration of Dependence. And there's John Tinker, the high school student who fought all the way to the Supreme Court for freedom of expression at school-and won. These stories punctuate this illustrated Young Adult edition of A People's History of the United States, which brings to light the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in history books. In presenting a radical new way of understanding America's history, Howard Zinn reminds younger readers that America's true greatness is shaped by our dissident voices, not our military generals. Book jacket.

Author Biography

Howard Zinn's great subject isn't war, but peace. Early on, after his experience as a bombardier in World War II more than sixty years ago, he became convinced that there could no longer be such a thing as a just war, because the vast majority of the victims in modern warfare are, increasingly, civilians. Zinn has-through a lifetime of principled civil disobedience and his many books, including the bestseller A People's History of the United States-influenced four generations in the ways of peace.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. ix
Columbus and the Indians	p. 1
Black and White	p. 23
Who were the Colonists?	p. 39
Tyranny is Tyranny	p. 57
Revolutions	p. 71
The Women of Early America	p. 89
As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs	p. 105
War with Mexico	p. 121
Slavery and Emancipation	p. 135
The Other Civil War	p. 153
Robber Barons and Rebels	p. 169
The American Empire	p. 185
Class Struggle	p. 201
World War I	p. 219
Hard Times	p. 235
World War II and the Cold War	p. 257
Black Revolt and Civil Rights	p. 275
Vietnam	p. 297
Surprises	p. 313
Under Control?	p. 333
Politics as Usual	p. 347
Resistance	p. 361
The End of the Twentieth Century	p. 375
The "War on Terrorism"	p. 389
War in Iraq, Conflict at Home	p. 403
"Rise Like Lions"	p. 421
Glossary	p. 427
Index	p. 429
About the Authors	p. 448
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