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The Twentieth Century: A People's History
Author(s): Howard Zinn (Author)
- Publisher: Harper Perennial
- Publication Date: 4 Feb. 2003
- Edition: 1st
- Language: English
- Print length: 512 pages
- ISBN-10: 0060530340
- ISBN-13: 9780060530341
Book Description
Containing just the twentieth-century chapters from Howard Zinn’s bestselling A People’s History of the United States, this revised and updated edition includes two new chapters – covering Clinton’s presidency, the 2000 Election, and the “war on terrorism.”
Highlighting not just the usual terms of presidential administrations and congressional activities, this book provides you with a “bottom-to-top” perspective, giving voice to our nation’s minorities and letting the stories of such groups as African Americans, women, Native Americans, and the laborers of all nationalities be told in their own words.
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Containing just the twentieth-century chapters from Howard Zinn’s bestselling A People’s History of the United States, this revised and updated edition includes two new chapters — covering Clinton’s presidency, the 2000 Election, and the “war on terrorism.”
Highlighting not just the usual terms of presidential administrations and congressional activities, this book provides you with a “bottom-to-top” perspective, giving voice to our nation’s minorities and letting the stories of such groups as African Americans, women, Native Americans, and the laborers of all nationalities be told in their own words.
About the Author
Howard Zinn (1922-2010) was a historian, playwright, and social activist. In addition to A People’s History of the United States, which has sold more than two million copies, he is the author of numerous books including The People Speak, Passionate Declarations, and the autobiography, You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train.
