num_pages: 752
description: In the book, Zinn presented a different side of history from the more traditional "fundamental nationalist glorification of country". Zinn portrays a side of American history that can largely be seen as the exploitation and manipulation of the majority by rigged systems that hugely favor a small aggregate of elite rulers from across the orthodox political parties.A People's History has been assigned as reading in many high schools and colleges across the United States. It has also resulted in a change in the focus of historical work, which now includes stories that previously were ignoredLibrary Journal calls Howard Zinn’s book “a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those…whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories.”
language: English
title: A People’s History of the United States: 1492–Present
titlecomplete: A People’s History of the United States: 1492–Present
genres: Social Justice, Classics, History, Politics, American History, Historical, American, Nonfiction, Unfinished, Audiobook
ratings_count: 237286
places: The United States of America
awards: awardedAt: 347184000000
name: National Book Award Finalist
category: History (Paperback)
publisher: HarperCollins (NYC)