Thursday, July 28, 2011

Booknotes Episode: A People's History Of The United States by Howard Zinn

Mr. Zinn discusses his book A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present, published by Harper Perennial Library. The book is a non-traditional, social history of the United States. Professor Zinn looks at this history from the perspectives of American Indians, labor leaders, war resisters, and fugitive slaves--voices that have normally been omitted from traditional histories.

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