Zinnophobia
Subtitle: the battle over history in education, politics, and scholarship
By: David Detmer
Publisher: Zero Books
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 584
ISBN-13: 9781785356780
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Political and social views
Description: "Zinnophobia offers an extended defense of the work of radical historian Howard Zinn, author of the bestselling A People's History of the United States, against his many critics. It includes a discussion of the attempt to ban Zinn's book from Indiana classrooms; a brief summary of Zinn's life and work; an analysis of Zinn's theorizing about bias and objectivity in history; and a detailed response to twenty-five of Zinn's most hostile critics, many of whom are (or were) eminent historians." - provided by publisher
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.