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Zinn Howard (1922-2010). Autor

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Społeczeństwo Socjologia historyczna Stany Zjednoczone

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United States of America immigrant laborers child-labor laws racial equality African-Americans civilization Native Americans factory workers women's rights eight-hour workday universal suffrage American women health and safety standard working poor

Includes index.

Bibliography: pages 689-708.

With a new introduction by Anthony Arnove, this updated edition of the classic national bestseller reviews the book’s thirty-five year history and demonstrates once again why it is a significant contribution to a complete and balanced understanding of American history. 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 of the United States 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 features insightful analysis of the most important events in our history.

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Biblioteka Główna. Czytelnie

Copies are only available in the library: sygn. 18062.XXIV.2 [Czytelnia A] (1 egz.)