Synopses & Reviews
The Zinn Reader represents Howard Zinn through the depth, and breadth, of his concerns in one volume. Whether his subject is war, race, politics, economic justice, or history itself, each of his works serves as a reminder that embracing one’s subjectivity can mean embracing one’s humanity, that heart and mind can speak with one voice. The result is a monumental book, one that will remain, alongside A People’s History of the United States, Voices of a People’s History of the United States, A Young People’s History of the United States, and La otra historia, as an essential and necessary Zinn text.
No other radical historian has reached so many hearts and minds as Howard Zinn. His A People’s History of the United States has sold over two million copies.
Synopsis
The updated edition of Howard Zinn's wide-ranging collection of shorter essays.
Synopsis
No other radical historian has reached so many hearts and minds as Howard Zinn. It is rare that a historian of the Left has managed to retain as much credibility while refusing to let his academic mantle change his beautiful writing style from being anything but direct, forthright, and accessible. Whether his subject is war, race, politics, economic justice, or history itself, each of his works serves as a reminder that to embrace one's subjectivity can mean embracing one's humanity, that heart and mind can speak with one voice. Here, in six sections, is the historian's own choice of his shorter essays on some of the most critical problems facing America throughout its history, and today.
About the Author
Historian and activist Howard Zinn's visionary telling of our history is widely considered one of the most important and influential of our era. In A People's History of the United States, A Young People's History of the United States, Voices of a People's History of the United States, and, in Spanish, La otra historia de los Estados Unidos, Zinn affirms the power of the people to influence the course of events. Zinn's other books include the newly updated The Zinn Reader, Terrorism and War with Anthony Arnove, the autobiographical You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, and the play Marx in Soho.