Author: John Bach McMasterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
A History of the People of the United States
Author: John Bach McMasterPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 628
Book Description
A History of the People of the United States, Vol. 7 of 8
Author: John Bach McmasterPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780656424221
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Excerpt from A History of the People of the United States, Vol. 7 of 8: From the Revolution to the Civil War; 1841-1850 Shall the territory acquired be open to slavery? Shall the compromise line be extended? The proviso passes the House. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
A People's History of the United States
Author: Howard ZinnPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 9780060528423
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 764
Book Description
Since its original landmark publication in 1980, A People's History of the United States has been chronicling American history from the bottom up, throwing out the official version of history taught in schools -- with its emphasis on great men in high places -- to focus on the street, the home, and the, workplace. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History is 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 our country's greatest battles -- the fights for a 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 President Clinton's first term, A People's History of the United States, which was nominated for the American Book Award in 1981, features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history. Revised, updated, and featuring a new after, word by the author, this special twentieth anniversary edition continues Zinn's important contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history.
A History of the People of the United States From the Revolution to the Civil War, Vol. 2 of 7
Author: John Bach McMasterPublisher:
ISBN: 9781332798483
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 686
Book Description
Excerpt from A History of the People of the United States From the Revolution to the Civil War, Vol. 2 of 7: 1790-1803 The State that sent James Jackson to Congress was the youngest of the thirteen. Indeed, six years had not gone by since the founder died. Old men still lived at Savannah who could distinctly recall how on a January morning, in 1733, the galley Ann sailed into Rebellion Roads and dropped anchor off the bar; how her deck was crowded by broken farmers and debtors fresh from the English jails; how the people of Charles ton welcomed them, and fed them, and gave them lodgings in the barracks and how their leader hastened southward to choose the site of the first settlement in Georgia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
The Dial
Author: Francis Fisher BrownePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 932
Book Description
The Shaping of the American Past
Author: Robert Lloyd KelleyPublisher:
ISBN: 9780138079413
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 636
Book Description
The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution
Author: Eric FonerPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393652580
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
“Gripping and essential.”—Jesse Wegman, New York Times An authoritative history by the preeminent scholar of the Civil War era, The Second Founding traces the arc of the three foundational Reconstruction amendments from their origins in antebellum activism and adoption amidst intense postwar politics to their virtual nullification by narrow Supreme Court decisions and Jim Crow state laws. Today these amendments remain strong tools for achieving the American ideal of equality, if only we will take them up.
Guide to Reprints
Author: Voices of a People's History of the United States
Author: Howard ZinnPublisher: Seven Stories Press
ISBN: 1583229477
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 667
Book Description
Here in their own words are Frederick Douglass, George Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Twain, and Malcolm X, to name just a few of the hundreds of voices that appear in Voices of a People's History of the United States, edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Paralleling the twenty-four chapters of Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Voices of a People’s History is the long-awaited companion volume to the national bestseller. For Voices, Zinn and Arnove have selected testimonies to living history—speeches, letters, poems, songs—left by the people who make history happen but who usually are left out of history books—women, workers, nonwhites. Zinn has written short introductions to the texts, which range in length from letters or poems of less than a page to entire speeches and essays that run several pages. Voices of a People’s History is a symphony of our nation’s original voices, rich in ideas and actions, the embodiment of the power of civil disobedience and dissent wherein lies our nation’s true spirit of defiance and resilience.
The Publishers Weekly
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 1662
Book Description