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Title: The Twentieth Century : A People's History by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0-06-053034-0 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 04 February, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.52 (21 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: US History Not-Lite
Comment: I often use this book in one of my university history classes, "US History Since 1877." It's biased. All history writing it biased. (George W. Bush's problems with "revisonist history" aside.) I tell the students about Howard Zinn and his biases. And I tell them to try and be as upfront and aware of biases as they are of Zinn's, and as Zinn is of his own. People are bombarded with so much yahoo, rah-rah, raise-the-flag, my-coumntry-right-or-wrong (the next part of that toast is usually---and very conveniently---ignored; check it out some time) that Zinn is as refreshing as a tequila mojito on a hot summer day. He may rant, but unlike many on the other sides he can be checked out for veracity and found to be correct. You have to be when you're taking shots from folks who prefer using cant, rhetoric and arrant nonsense to propel their own agendas. Highly recommended. But, if you use this book in a class, watch out; the Thought Police are watching.
Rating: 1
Summary: The Truth
Comment: It is very important to know the background of any history writer because that will color the perspective of the work of the author. Further, the positive review of Zinn by the New York Times tells you more about the Times than it does about Zinn's book.Howard Zinn is the featured historian for thr Revolutionary Worker, Voice of the Revolutionary Communist Party USA. The book is very much written from the Communist point of view and is required reading in many college history classes. Students, though, are not really aware of this writers background when they read the book. I also would say that this is also a very common point of view in many grade and high schools.
Rating: 2
Summary: get a late version of people's history of the U.S. in stead
Comment: With this book, I was expecting Zinn to go into more detail about America in the 20th century, but it is essentially the 20th century chapters of People's History of the United States taken out and labeled as a new and different book. If you have an older version of Pepole History of the United States by Howard Zinn, the Twentieth Century might be good because of the chapters relating to the elder Bush and Clinton administrations. The rest of the chapters are in people's history. However, recent version the people history of the united states do contain the extra chapters so if it would be better to just get a later version of People's History of the United States instead if you don't have a copy yet.
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Title: A People's History of the United States : 1492-Present by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0060528370 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: April, 2003 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Declarations of Independence by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0060921080 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: October, 1991 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: Terrorism and War (Open Media Pamphlet Series) by Howard Zinn, Anthony Arnove ISBN: 1583224939 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: March, 2002 List Price(USD): $9.95 |
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Title: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train : A Personal History of Our Times by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0807071277 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy by Howard Zinn ISBN: 1888363541 Publisher: Seven Stories Press Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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