A People’s History of the United States

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Library Journal calls Howard Zinn’s iconicA People's History of the United States“a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those…whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories.” Packed with vivid details and telling quotations, Zinn’s award-winning classic continues to revolutionize the way American history is taught and remembered. Frequent appearances in popular media such asThe Sopranos,The Simpsons,Good Will Hunting, and the History Channel documentaryThe People Speaktestify to Zinn’s ability to bridge the generation gap with enduring insights into the birth, development, and destiny of the nation Cover......Page 3 Title Page......Page 4 Dedication......Page 5 Contents......Page 6 Chapter 1 – Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress......Page 8 Chapter 2 – Drawing the Color Line......Page 29 Chapter 3 – Persons of Mean and Vile Condition......Page 44 Chapter 4 – Tyranny Is Tyranny......Page 63 Chapter 5 – A Kind of Revolution......Page 80 Chapter 6 – The Intimately Oppressed......Page 105 Chapter 7 – As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs......Page 124 Chapter 8 – We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God......Page 145 Chapter 9 – Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom......Page 163 Chapter 10 – The Other Civil War......Page 198 Chapter 11 – Robber Barons and Rebels......Page 237 Chapter 12 – The Empire and The People......Page 278 Chapter 13 – The Socialist Challenge......Page 300 Chapter 14 – War is the Health of the State......Page 333 Chapter 15 – Self-Help in Hard Times......Page 350 Chapter 16 – A People’s War?......Page 377 Chapter 17 – “Or Does it Explode?”......Page 414 Chapter 18 – The Impossible Victory: Vietnam......Page 438 Chapter 19 – Surprises......Page 469 Chapter 20 – The Seventies: Under Control?......Page 503 Chapter 21 – Carter-Reagan-Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus......Page 525 Chapter 22 – The Unreported Resistance......Page 564 Chapter 23 – The Coming Revolt of the Guards......Page 593 Chapter 24 – The Clinton Presidency......Page 604 Chapter 25 – The 2000 Election and the “War on Terrorism”......Page 637 Afterword......Page 645 Bibliography......Page 651 Index......Page 671 Acknowledgments......Page 715 About the Author......Page 716 Other Books by Howard Zinn......Page 717 Copyright......Page 718 About the Publisher......Page 719