A People's History of the United States

Since its original landmark publication in 1980 | A People’s History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up | throwing out the official version of history 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.