Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherNew Press, T.H.E.
ISBN-101565848268
ISBN-139781565848269
eBay Product ID (ePID)2351629
Product Key Features
Book TitlePeople's History of the United States : Abridged Teaching Edition
Number of Pages640 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicSocial History, Study & Teaching, United States / General
Publication Year2003
GenreHistory
AuthorHoward Zinn, Ellen Reeves, Kathy Emery
Book SeriesNew Press People's History Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.6 in
Item Weight30.5 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
TitleLeadingA
Dewey Edition21
Dewey Decimal973.92
SynopsisHoward Zinn's A People's History of the United States has turned history on its head for an entire generation of readers, telling the nation's story from the viewpoints of ordinary people--the slaves, workers, immigrants, women, and Native Americans who made their own history but whose voices are typically omitted from the historical record. The New Press's Abridged Teaching Edition of A People's History of the United States has made Zinn's original text available specifically for classroom use, with a wide range of tools for students to begin a critical inquiry into the American past. The teaching edition includes exercises and teaching materials to accompany each chapter., Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States has turned history on its head for an entire generation of readers, telling the nation's story from the viewpoints of ordinary people-the slaves, workers, immigrants, women, and Native Americans who made their own history but whose voices are typically omitted from the historical record. The New Press's Abridged Teaching Edition of A People's History of the United States has made Zinn's original text available specifically for classroom use, with a wide range of tools for students to begin a critical inquiry into the American past. The teaching edition includes exercises and teaching materials to accompany each chapter., This "brilliant and moving history of the American people" ("Library Journal") presents more than 500 years of American social and cultural history, going well beyond the wars and presidencies contained in traditional texts to tell the stories of working men and women. Abridged for use in the classroom.