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A People's History of the United States
Howard Zinn
1980
Harper Perennial Modern Classics
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Howard Zinn and the Politics of Popular History
The controversial historian drew criticism from both left and right. We need more like him today.
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Nick Witham
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The Chronicle of Higher Education
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July 17, 2023
Book Review
Beyond People’s History
On Paul Ortiz’s “African American and Latinx History of the United States.”
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Samantha Schuyler
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Los Angeles Review of Books
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September 29, 2018
Argument
Howard Zinn’s Anti-Textbook
Teachers and students love "A People’s History of the United States." But it’s just as limited as the textbooks it replaces.
by
Sam Wineburg
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Slate
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September 16, 2018
Argument
Howard Zinn's History Lessons
"A People’s History" is bad history, albeit gilded with virtuous intentions.
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Michael Kazin
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Dissent
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April 3, 2004
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Who Is History For?
What happens when radical historians write for the public.
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David Waldstreicher
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Boston Review
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July 25, 2023
Howard Zinn Carried Out an Act of Radical Diplomacy in the Middle of the Vietnam War
The famous historian was also an antiwar activist who went to North Vietnam in 1968 to accompany three captured US pilots back home.
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Michael Koncewicz
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Jacobin
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August 24, 2022
Saving John Silber
What we can learn from the work of the university administrator who went toe to toe with Howard Zinn.
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Howard Husock
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National Affairs
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July 5, 2022
The Center Does Not Hold
Jill Lepore’s awkward embrace of the nation.
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Daniel Immerwahr
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The Nation
on
October 29, 2019
The Treason of the Elites
For much of our clerisy, the nation is an anachronism or disgrace.
by
Rich Lowry
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National Review
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October 24, 2019
We Really Still Need Howard Zinn
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor on why it's so important to tell the stories of people who have fueled social justice movements.
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Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
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Literary Hub
on
September 27, 2018