Voices of a People's History of the United States, 10th Anniversary Edition Contributor(s): Zinn, Howard (Author), Arnove, Anthony (Author) |
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ISBN: 1609805925 ISBN-13: 9781609805920 Publisher: Seven Stories Press OUR PRICE: $26.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - History | Social History - History | Reference |
Dewey: 973 |
LCCN: 2014034876 |
Physical Information: 1.78" H x 5.43" W x 8.75" (1.39 lbs) 704 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Selected testimonies to living history--speeches, letters, poems, songs--offered by the people who make history happen, but are often left out of history books: women, workers, nonwhites. Featuring introductions to the original texts by Howard Zinn. New voices featured in this 10th Anniversary Edition include Chelsea Manning, speaking after her 35-year prison sentence); Naomi Klein, speaking from the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Liberty Square; a member of Dream Defenders, a youth organization that confronts systemic racial inequality; members of the Undocumented Youth movement, who occupied, marched, and demonstrated in support of the DREAM Act; a member of the Day Laborers movement; Chicago Teachers Union strikers; and several critics of the Obama administration, including Glenn Greenwald, on governmental secrecy. |