| Edition |
First Harper colophon edition. |
| Description |
xi, 352 pages ; 21 cm. |
|
text txt rdacontent |
|
unmediated n rdamedia |
|
volume nc rdacarrier |
| Series |
Harper colophon books
|
| Note |
"From the author's A people's history of the United States, with a new chapter on the Carter and Reagan presidencies." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-341) and index. |
| Contents |
The empire and the people -- The Socialist challenge -- War is the health of the state -- Self-help in hard times -- A people's war? -- "Or does it explode?" -- The impossible victory: Vietnam -- Surprises -- The seventies: under control? -- The coming revolt of the guards -- The challenge of 1984. |
| Summary |
Containing Just the Twentieth-Century Chapters from Howard Zinn's bestselling A People's History of the United States, this reissue is brought up-to-date with coverage of events and developments since the mid-1980s, analyzing such incidents in modern political history as the Gulf War, the post -- Cold War "peace dividend", and the continuing debate over welfare. Highlighting not just the usual terms of presidential administrations and congressional activities, this book provides readers with a "bottom-to-top" perspective, giving voice to our nation's minorities and letting the stories of such groups as African Americans, women, Native Americans, and the laborers of all nationalities be told in their own words Challenging traditional interpretations of U.S. history, The Twentieth Century is the book for readers interested in gaining a more realistic and complete picture of our world. "Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history. A step toward a coherent new version of American history. |
| Subject |
United States -- History -- 20th century.
|
|
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
|
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999
|
| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
|
| ISBN |
9780060911034 (paperback) |
|
0060911034 (paperback) |
|
