A Young People's History of the United States, vols. 1 & 2

Zinn, Howard. & Stefoff, R., ed. (2007). A Young People's History of the United States: Columbus to the Spanish-American War, vol. 1.

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Ibid. (2007). A Young People's History of the United States: Class Struggle to the War On Terror, vol. 2.

This sweeping chronicle of our country's social and political history comes from the prolific mind of Howard Zinn. Adapted from his popular and groundbreaking "A People's History of the United States," this two-volume set is an abridged, illustrated, and updated version of the original. Zinn tells our history from the point of view of the underrepresented: minorities, women, slaves, immigrants, workers, and Native Americans. Volume 1 explores the first encounters of Europeans and Native Americans to the early nineteenth century with the Spanish-American war. Volume 2 explores the Industrial Revolution and the class struggles that followed all the way to the current issues with the Iraq conflict. Zinn states that young people deserve to hear the truth about history, and not just the information and viewpoints that our government approves of. This adaptation of Zinn's definitive work is specifically aimed to draw in younger readers without diminishing the quality of the literature. Appropriate for advanced middle school readers; ideal for high schoolers.