A “well-chosen anthology of the radical historian’s prodigious
output,” from A People’s History of the United States and lesser
known sources (Kirkus Reviews). When Howard Zinn died in early
2010, millions of Americans mourned the loss of one of the nation’s
foremost intellectual and political guides; a historian, activist, and
truth-teller who, in the words of the New York Times’s Bob Herbert,
“peel[ed] back the rosy veneer of much of American history to reveal
sordid realities that had remained hidden for too long.” A
collection designed to highlight Zinn’s essential writings, The
Indispensable Zinn includes excerpts from Zinn’s bestselling A
People’s History of the United States; his memoir, You Can’t Be
Neutral on a Moving Train; his inspiring writings on the civil rights
movement, and the full text of his celebrated play, Marx in Soho.
Noted historian and activist Timothy Patrick McCarthy provides
essential historical and biographical context for each selection.
With a foreword by Noam Chomsky and an afterword from Zinn’s former
Spellman College student and longtime friend, Alice Walker, The
Indispensable Zinn is both a fitting tribute to the legacy of a man
whose “work changed the way millions of people saw the past,” and
a powerful and accessible introduction for anyone coming to Zinn’s
essential body of work for the first time (Noam Chomsky).
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ISBN
9781595586933
Publisert
2014
Utgiver
Vendor
The New Press (ORIM)
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Digital bok
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