A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War
by Howard Zinn
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Author: Howard ZinnAdapter: Rebecca Stefoff
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2007-05-01
ISBN: 1583227598
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
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Book Review: A bias in HIStory????? Really?
Summary: 5 Stars
I need to speak here to the review(s) attempting to discredit Howard Zinn's work and the assumptions that if you attempt to introduce an alternate perspective (or a range of different perspectives) counter to that of the dominant narrative that all of sudden that viewpoint is subject to "bias." It assumes, for one, that there is even such a thing as an "unbiased" historical account and it neglects that most of our "unbiased," "fair," "balanced," "truthful" historical accounts are actually written from a very particular cultural perspective that has been vested with the immense power to have their version elevated to the status of officialdom (ahem, it is after all called 'HIStory.' Oh, but there couldn't be any bias in that, right?). That Howard Zinn's account of history be any more biased and untruthful than more "official" versions of the story is laughable to me. All that Zinn was attempting to do with this book (and others) was introduce a different story told from the perspectives of those whose voices and experiences have not been allowed to penetrate the fortress walls of "the cannon." Is opening alternate and multiple vistas to our children really so threatening? What are we afraid they will learn? Heaven forbid they be critical and engaged citizens in our society!!
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Summary of A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War
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. 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.Beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus?s arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leading the reader through the struggles for workers? rights, women?s rights, and civil rights during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and ending with the current protests against continued American imperialism, Zinn in the volumes of A Young People?s History of the United States 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.
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