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Article: Zinn, Howard & Anthony Arnove. Voices of a People's History of the United States.(Brief Article)(Young Adult Review)(Book Review)
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- January 1, 2005
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ZINN, Howard & Anthony Arnove. Voices of a People's History of the United States. Seven Stories Press (140 Watts St., NY, NY 10013). 665p. bibliog. index. c2004. 1-58322-628-1. $18.95. SA *
Howard Zinn, who believes that the traditional teaching of American history is "badly twisted ... by its submersion of nonwhite people," has published an impressive companion volume to his A People's History of the United States. Matching his original book chapter for chapter, Zinn presents a compendium of excerpts from the voices he feels have been smothered beneath pages of history texts focused on generals and wars. His excerpts do not merely echo those whom he cited in his ...