About the author

Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over twenty books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People's History of the United States.

Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights Movement and anti-war movement, and labor history of the United States. His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press, 2002), was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, at age 87.

Howard Zinn

USA Folkets historie

For at kunne forstå nutiden, er man nødt til at kende fortiden, siger man. Og meget af det, der sker i USA netop nu, kan være svært at forstå uden dette kendskab. Men historie er ikke bare historien om præsidenter, kendte personligheder og epokeskabende begivenheder, det er også vores alles historie – folkets historie.

‘USA – folkets historie’ er det første komplette værk, hvor man ser USA’s samlede historie nedefra – og formidlet så den almene læser kan forstå den i dybden. Den giver således stemme til landets oprindelige folk, afroamerikanere, kvinder, arbejdere, fattige og immigrantarbejdere og er fortalt ud fra deres perspektiv – fra Columbus over Uafhængighedskrigen, slaveriet og Borgerkrigen og frem til Anden Verdenskrig, valget af George W. Bush og ’Krigen mod terror’.

Bogen er et vigtigt og nødvendigt bidrag til en komplet og afbalanceret forståelse af USA's historie og regnes i dag for en moderne klassiker

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Edition1

Printed pages730

Publish date15 Feb 2019

Published byKlim

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ISBN print9788772042121