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A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War

Rebecca Stefoff, Howard Zinn

A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War

Hardcover (Seven Stories Press May 1, 2007) , Seven Stories Press 1st Ed edition
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.

Volume 1 begins with a look at Christopher Columbus’s arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leads the reader through the earliest struggles for workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights during the 18th and 19th centuries. Volume 2 picks the thread up in the early 20th century, covering both World Wars, Vietnam, the Black Rights movement, and ending with the current protests against continued American imperialism. Zinn 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.

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.
Series
For Young People
ISBN
1583227598 / 9781583227596
Pages
224
Weight
25.6 oz.
Dimensions
5.6 x 0.7 in.

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