Howard Zinn on Democratic Education » (1st Edition)

Living near Boston, Howard Zinn is a historian, political essayist, playwright, and activist. His earlier experience as a bombardier in World War II and his later experience in the southern movement for racial justice propelled him into a lifetime of searching for larger truths in his writings, research, and activism. Among Zinn's many influential books, his A People’s History of the United States, which offered an entirely new perspective on American history, has been widely translated, serialized, and adapted to multiple editions for various audiences, including young readers. More recently Zinn's appearances on stage with such figures as Kurt Vonnegut, Viggo Mortensen, Alice Walker, Danny Glover, Marisa Tomei, and others have brought his Voices of the People's History (edited with Anthony Arnove) to many new audiences internationally.

Donaldo Macedo is Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.

Zinn's classic The People's History of the United States startled and informed a generation of historians. In this new collection of essays and interviews, Zinn (history emeritus, Boston U.) describes his thoughts on democracy in America, and what is missing in American education, namely the tools to discern fact from fiction and to recognize contradictions in political policies and practices. He examines what he calls the "manufacture of mass deception," the freedoms extant and missing in American education, class consciousness, the war on terror, the diverted left, and the reasons why students should study history. Series editor Donaldo Macedo provides an introduction and commentary. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR