The Twentieth Century: A People's HistoryHarper Collins, 2009 M10 13 - 512 páginas “Professor Zinn writes with an enthusiasm rarely encountered in the leaden prose of academic history....[His] chapter on Vietnam—bringing to life once again the fire-free zones, secret bombings, massacres, and cover-ups—should be required reading.”—New York Times Book Review Containing just the Twentieth Century chapters from Howard Zinn’s bestselling A People’s History of the United States, this reissue is brought up-to-date with coverage of events and developments since 2001, analyzing such incidents in modern political history such as the Gulf War, the post-Cold War “peace dividend,” and the continuing debate over welfare, the Clinton presidency, and the “war on terrorism.” Highlighting not just the usual terms of presidential administrations and congressional activities, this book provides readers with a “bottom-to-top” perspective, giving voice to our nation’s minorities and letting the stories of such groups as African Americans, women, Native Americans, and the laborers of all nationalities be told in their own words. Challenging traditional interpretations of U.S. history, The Twentieth Century is the book for readers interested in gaining a more realistic and complete picture of our world." |
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... deaths of workers in industrial accidents drew no such national clamor . It pointed to the Lattimer Massacre of ... Death comes in thousands of instances in mill and mine , claims his victims , and no popular uproar is heard . The ...
... death knell of every corporation and trust that has robbed the American laborer of the fruits of his toil .... " The ... deaths were battle casualties , the remainder being attributed to disease and other causes . The same figures are ...
... deaths were caused by that . The Spanish forces were defeated in three months , in what John Hay , the American Secretary of State , later called a " splen- did little war . " The American military pretended that the Cuban rebel army ...
... death rate was enormous from battle casualties and from disease . The taste of empire was on the lips of politicians and business interests throughout the country now . Racism , paternalism , and talk of money mingled with talk of ...
... death has served the legitimate purposes of war . It has been necessary to adopt what in other countries would probably be thought harsh measures . Secretary of War Elihu Root responded to the charges of bru- tality : " The war in the ...
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45634 | 77 |
SELFHELP IN HARD TIMES | 99 |
VIETNAM | 213 |
8 | 278 |
UNDER CONTROL? | 301 |
THE BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS | 328 |
THE UNREPORTED RESISTANCE | 376 |
THE COMING REVOLT | 413 |
THE CLINTON PRESIDENCY | 426 |
THE 2000 ELECTION | 466 |
BIBLIOGRAPHY | 476 |
INDEX | 489 |
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