Authors: Howard Zinn, Kathy Emery, Ellen Reeves
ISBN-13: 9781565847255, ISBN-10: 1565847253
Format: Paperback
Publisher: New Press, The
Date Published: September 2003
Edition: Abridged Teaching Edition
Howard Zinn is professor emeritus at Boston University. He is the author of numerous books including A People’s History of the United States, the award-winning Declarations of Independence, and Failure to Quit, as well as the recent memoir You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train and the play Marx in Soho.
The New Press's Abridged Teaching Edition of A People's History of the United States has made Howard Zinn's original text available specifically for classroom use. Each chapter in Volume II provides exercises and teaching materials that allow students to begin a critical inquiry into the American past. Volume II covers the Civil War through the present, with new chapters on the Clinton Presidency, the 2000 elections, and the "War on Terrorism."