{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-the-u-s-bestselling-book-on-history-racial-equality","title":"A People's History of the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoward Zinn tells the American story from the bottom up. His history follows workers, women, Native Americans, enslaved people and immigrants rather than the presidents and generals above them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReadical Key Points\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFirst published in 1980; this Harper Perennial edition was published in 2015 with an introduction by Anthony Arnove\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBegins with Columbus's arrival and follows the country through the lives of laborers, Black Americans, Native Americans, women, immigrants and the poor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSubjects include slavery, the treatment of Native Americans, labor struggles, war and protest movements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDescribed by its publisher as a classic national bestseller; includes a bibliography and index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePaperback, 784 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZinn argues that many of the country's hardest-won changes, including fair wages, the eight-hour day, child-labor laws, voting rights, women's rights and racial equality, came from grassroots movements that met fierce resistance. He builds the case largely from quotation, letting participants describe events in their own words. The chapters move in rough chronological order, each centered on people the author believes standard accounts leave out.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis 2015 Harper Perennial paperback carries Arnove's introduction. It suits students, teachers and general readers of social and labor history, including readers who want to weigh Zinn's interpretation against other accounts. Presidents appear in these pages. They are rarely the ones moving the story.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHoward Zinn (1922-2010) was an American historian and activist who also wrote for the stage. His other books include the autobiography \u003cem\u003eYou Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePassionate Declarations\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe People Speak\u003c\/em\u003e. Anthony Arnove, who wrote the introduction, co-authored \u003cem\u003eVoices of a People's History of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e with Zinn.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Brand New and Readical Ready.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eReadical™ is an independent bookstore and reading-products brand built around a simple idea: books matter most when what we learn leaves the page and enters our lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eApply the Page. Get Readical™.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47854469611669,"sku":"NEW-ING-PB-0062397346","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0800\/5861\/3909\/files\/57_f9662828-5aaa-44f2-8b79-463d59565d14.jpg?v=1787902391","url":"https:\/\/readical.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-the-u-s-bestselling-book-on-history-racial-equality","provider":"Readical","version":"1.0","type":"link"}