{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states","title":"A People's History of the United States","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eHistorian Howard Zinn’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA People’s History of the United States\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, a landmark work of social history, chronicles American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official narrative taught in schools—with its emphasis on great men in high places—to focus on the street, the home, and the workplace.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKnown for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, it is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of—and in the words of—America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As Zinn shows, many of our country's greatest battles—the fights for a fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality—were driven by powerful social movements carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCovering Christopher Columbus's arrival through President Clinton's first term, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA People’s History of the United States\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. This edition also includes an introduction by Anthony Arnove, who wrote, directed, and produced \u003cem\u003eThe People Speak\u003c\/em\u003e with Zinn and who coauthored, with Zinn, \u003cem\u003eVoices of a People’s History of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBut what does American history look like when told not by the victors, but by the people on the streets, in the factories, and on the frontiers?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Morgan Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48577071284441,"sku":"9780062397348","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0678\/6246\/2681\/files\/APeoplesHistoryoftheUnitedStates.jpg?v=1777382809","url":"https:\/\/shop.themorgan.org\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states","provider":"The Morgan Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}