{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states","title":"A People's History of the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eTHE CLASSIC NATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\"A wonderful, splendid book—a book that should be read by every American, student or otherwise, who wants to understand his country, its true history, and its hope for the future.\" –Howard Fast\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHistorian Howard Zinn’s\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA People’s History of the United States\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003echronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its emphasis on great men in high places—to focus on the street, the home, and the workplace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnown for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eit\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eis 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 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCovering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA People's History of the United States\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003efeatures insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. This edition also includes an introduction by Anthony Arnove, who wrote, directed, and produced \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe People Speak\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e with Zinn and who coauthored, with Zinn, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVoices of a People’s History of the United States\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/strong\u003eHoward Zinn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eHarper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished: \u003c\/strong\u003e11\/17\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages: \u003c\/strong\u003e784\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type: \u003c\/strong\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight: \u003c\/strong\u003e1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize: \u003c\/strong\u003e8.00h x 5.30w x 1.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN13: \u003c\/strong\u003e9780062397348\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN10: \u003c\/strong\u003e0062397346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- History | United States | Civil War Period (1850-1877)\u003cbr\u003e- History | Social History\u003cbr\u003e- Political Science | Political Ideologies | Democracy\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!----\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49149224517929,"sku":"0062397346","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0855\/5747\/7673\/files\/71Zb-D8NaGL._SL1500.jpg?v=1724135941","url":"https:\/\/www.njcorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states","provider":"New Jersey Corrections Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}