Howard Zinn - A Peoples History of the United States

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn is most likely not the version of our own country's dramatic, sometimes ugly history the majority of us learned growing up. Howard Zinn presents a view of the American past, as it began with Columbus' touch down in the West Indies, in a light that is not purportedly favorable toward the American rise of Democracy and capitalism, but is instead realistic as to the cost of human life, and the toll on quality of life. This covers those groups who were (and are) oppressed, exploited, murdered, and taken advantage of in the great explosive growth of the Americas. The book covers happenings most of us would cringe at reading about, things swept beneath the rug of 'progress'.

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