Reviews - A People's History of the United States

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A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn

4.26 AVERAGE

marionberry314's review against another edition

5.0

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

comstockeec's review against another edition

4.75

informative medium-paced

woodlandbookdragon's review

DID NOT FINISH

I have started and quick this book three times. It's good information but it is being told so dryly that it's putting me to sleep.

ladymelb's review

5.0

challenging informative slow-paced

It has taken me awhile to get to the end of this book. There is so much valuable information and it is pretty dense. I don’t say this to scare you off from reading it, but more to prepare you for allowing yourself to give it time and energy. This book has given me more information about our history, and it opened my eyes to the part our government (on both sides of the aisle) had in creating crisis both in the US and abroad. Pattern recognition is important, and this book shows you that what is happening today has happened many times before. It’s critical to know the patterns so we as individuals can stand up to it.

“The democratic principle, enunciated in the words of the Declaration of Independence, declared that government was secondary, that the people who established it were primary.”- Howard Zinn