{"product_id":"a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-1492-present-paperback","title":"A People's History of the United States: 1492-Present - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eHoward Zinn\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a new edition of the radical social history of America from Columbus to the present. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis powerful and controversial study turns orthodox American history upside down to portray the social turmoil behind the \"march of progress\". \u003c\/p\u003eKnown for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, \u003cem\u003eA People's History \u003c\/em\u003eis the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. As historian Howard Zinn shows, many of America's greatest battles - the fights for fair wage, an eight-hour workday, child-labor laws, health and safety standards, universal suffrage, women's rights, racial equality - were carried out at the grassroots level, against bloody resistance. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through the Clinton years \u003cem\u003eA People's History of the United States\u003c\/em\u003e, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, is an insightful analysis of the most important events in US history.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 744\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.49 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 15, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45603359326252,"sku":"9780582772830","price":129.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/smartsupplydeals.com\/products\/a-peoples-history-of-the-united-states-1492-present-paperback","provider":"Smart supply deals","version":"1.0","type":"link"}