This is the grave of Howard Zinn. Born in 1922 in Brooklyn to Jewish immigrant parents, Zinn grew up as part of the immigrant working classes. His father was a ditch digger and window washer for awhile and then opened a candy store which barely...
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Yesterday, in a different forum, our valued commenter Bijan Parsia complained about Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States. Basically, his complaint, if I may summarize, is that.
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I certainly have my critique of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States as a good history book, but it's power and importance can't be denied. And that's why Mitch Daniels wanted it banned from state universities when he was governor of Indiana....
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I certainly believe that Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States is a deeply flawed book. It's way too simplistic and polemical. Zinn was not much of a.
History News Network has a poll up right now asking readers to vote for the least credible history book in print. I've read two of the five: Zinn's People History and Gavin Menzies' 1421. The latter is the worst book I've ever read. It would...