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a people's history of the united states
by howard zinn
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- ISBN 10
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About This Item
new york: harper and row, 1980. first edition, 1980.
american historian and political scientist howard zinn presents an alternative side of history to what he calls the "fundamental nationalist glorification of country." the publication of "a people's history" was considered a landmark turning point in which a new emphasis was placed on the historical narratives and experiences of women, factory workers, native americans, african americans, and the poor. library journal called the 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."
during the year it was released, zinn's work was a runner-up for the national book award.
new york: harper & row. isbn: 0-06-014803-9. 614 pages. 6.75x9.9". hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: ownership markings to front free-end paper, owners stamp to title page, negligible staining to front board. very good+. jacket condition: losses to front panel, head of spine, and back panel. unclipped($20.00).
american historian and political scientist howard zinn presents an alternative side of history to what he calls the "fundamental nationalist glorification of country." the publication of "a people's history" was considered a landmark turning point in which a new emphasis was placed on the historical narratives and experiences of women, factory workers, native americans, african americans, and the poor. library journal called the 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."
during the year it was released, zinn's work was a runner-up for the national book award.
new york: harper & row. isbn: 0-06-014803-9. 614 pages. 6.75x9.9". hardcover. bound in cloth covered boards. book condition: ownership markings to front free-end paper, owners stamp to title page, negligible staining to front board. very good+. jacket condition: losses to front panel, head of spine, and back panel. unclipped($20.00).
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- Title
- a people's history of the united states
- Author
- howard zinn
- Book Condition
- Used
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- 1
- Binding
- Unknown
- ISBN 10
- 0060148039
- ISBN 13
- 9780060148034
- Publisher
- harper and row
- Place of Publication
- new york
- Date Published
- 1980
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