books by Howard Zinn

books by Howard Zinn

books:

Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn

City Lights Publishers, 2006

a fantastic "must" read!
howard zinn is a true hero in our age of myopia and deceit. this book is filled with invaluable information. read it! keep it! pass it on! with all the information zinn places in your hands, it's amazing that he still leaves you with a positive message which one cannot ...

The Twentieth Century: A People's History

Howard Zinn

Harper Perennial, 2003

Quite a Read! An Important Minority Report on the History of the U.S.
No historian of the United States is more provocative than Howard Zinn, whose leftist philosophy permeates his writings and never fails to challenge his readers. "The Twentieth Century: A People's History" is every bit as ambitious as his other works; it is drawn from ...

Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World (New Press People's Histories)

Vijay Prashad

New Press, 2008

A defense of the "Third World project"
Vijay Prashad's book "The Darker Nations" is a mix between modern history, political pamphlet and political economic analysis. Subtitled "A People's History of the Third World", it should not be thought of as a history of this part of the world as such, but as a ...

A Young People's History of the United States, Vol. 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War

Howard Zinn

Seven Stories Press, 2007

Great Work and Much Needed
As with all of Mr. Zinn's works, this series is clearly written and thorough. Mr. Zinn's writing is very readable, it is always reminiscent of his own pace and phrasing as he speaks. I had been hoping for something like this for a long time. I have given away quite a ...

You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times

Howard Zinn

Beacon Press, 2002

Great Book
This book was excellent. Zinn has shown a side of history that you wouldn't get from a basic educational history class. Teachers and professors always mention a strike here, a demonstration there, and x amount of people died as a cause of this event. In his ...

A People's History of the United States: 1492 to Present (P.S.)

Howard Zinn

Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005

This should be required reading in our schools
Our country will never be able to live up to the lofty ideals of our founding documents unless we come to grips with the truth of how we got where we are. This book tells the truth about how the people on top have butchered and suppressed others in order to STAY on ...

A People's History of Sports in the United States: 250 Years of Politics, Protest, People, and Play (New ...

Dave Zirin

New Press, 2008

Brilliant and Mind bending
I am a sports fan and someone who cares about the politics of social change. This book brought these worlds together in a way that has me rethinking how I understand both the history of sports and the history of the United States. Each story told might be worth its ...

A People's History of American Empire

Howard Zinn, Mike Konopacki, ...

Metropolitan Books, 2008

Just another opinion . . . . .
Love or hate it, this book is historically accurate and presents a viewpoint and perspective which is missing even from advanced college level American History courses. For that reason alone, Mr. Zinn must be given credit. Ultimately, politics is simply a matter of ...

Voices of A People's History of the United States

Seven Stories Press, 2004

A strong intellectual perturbation
History is sometimes written with the goal of documenting the attitudes or opinions of a particular class of people, such as the intellectuals, the politicians, the scientists, or the warriors. Each of these groups has made important contributions to human ...

A Young People's History of the United States: Class Struggle to the War On Terror (Volume 2)

Howard Zinn

Seven Stories Press, 2007

A Nice Primer
This book and its companion Volume 1 are the perfect introduction to US history. Based on Zinn's larger work, this focuses on a younger audience. It is informative and provides prospective that is different than the material taught in schools. Every child in the US ...

A Memory, a Monologue, a Rant, and a Prayer

Howard Zinn, Erin Cressida Wilson, ...

Villard, 2007

Ensler examines violence against women
I read this book at the gym and found that I really wished that I had a pack of tissue with me. Ensler's anthology is at times painful to read- the vignettes are harrowing and will leave the reader with a sense of sadness. I found that I kept on leafing to the back ...

A People's History of the United States CD: Highlights from the 20th Century

Howard Zinn

HarperAudio, 2003

Simply stated, the Best History Book Ever Written
This impecably researched, easy to read and understand writing style tells the truth about our Nation and the world. The sickness of how the propaganda loaded, revisionist history that has infiltrated our schools have had a horrific effect to the literacy rate, ...

The Unraveling of the Bush Presidency

Howard Zinn

Seven Stories Press, 2007

Read this review, it'll change your mind.
This is a work which propagates the ills or rather the chills of the Bush administration, meant to inform the readers what is going on, not a biblical study by any means, not sure what the past reviewer is thinking but perhaps I could refer him to A POWER GOVERNMENTS ...

A People's History of the United States, Vol. 2: The Civil War to the Present, Teaching Edition

Howard Zinn, Kathy Emery, ...

New Press, 2003

Outstanding Economic History
Zinn's book is an essential antidote to the standard histories that glorify the elites and ignore the working people and all of the other folks who have been trampled on during our history. I highly recommend the abridged edition for use in classes -- it contains the ...

American Protest Literature (The John Harvard Library)

Belknap Press, 2008

Brilliant!
This book is compelling proof that dissent is patriotic. Zoe Trodd traces the literature that has worked for change and as far as I know this is the first book to define this genre (American Protest Literature). Trodd's discussion of what makes a text "protest ...