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1492 to Present (P.S.)

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An edition of A People's History of the United States: 1492-present (1980)

People's History of the United States

1492 to Present (P.S.)

by and

  • ★★★★ 4.00 ·
  • 35 Ratings
  • 310 Want to read
  • 19 Currently reading
  • 45 Have read

Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research, A People's History of the United States is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of -- and in the words of -- America's women, factory workers, African Americans, Native Americans, working poor, and immigrant laborers.

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2005, HarperPerennial
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La otra historia de los Estados Unidos
2004, Editorial de Ciencias Sociales
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A People's History of the United States: 1492-present
2003, HarperCollins
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A people's history of the United States: 1492-present
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La otra historia de los Estados Unidos: desde 1492 hasta hoy
1999, Siglo Veintiuno
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A people's history of the United States: 1492-present
1999, HarperCollins
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A people's history of the United States
1990, HarperPerennial, HarperCollinsPublishers
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A people's history of the United States
1980, Harper & Row
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First Sentence

"Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat."

Table of Contents

1. Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress Page 1
2. Drawing the Color Line Page 23
3. Persons of Mean and Vile Condition Page 39
4. Tyranny is Tyranny Page 59
5. A Kind of Revolution Page 77
6. The Intimately Oppressed Page 103
7. As Long as Grass Grows or Water Runs Page 125
8. We Take Nothing by Conquest, Thank God Page 149
9. Slavery Without Submission, Emancipation Without Freedom Page 171
10. The Other Civil War Page 211
11. Robber Barons and Rebels Page 253
12. The Empire and the People Page 297
13. The Socialist Challenge Page 321
14. War Is the Health of the State Page 359
15. Self-help in Hard Times Page 377
16. A People's War? Page 407
17. "Or Does It Explode?" Page 443
18. The Impossible Victory: Vietnam Page 469
19. Surprises Page 503
20. The Seventies: Under Control? Page 541
21. Carter-Reagan-Bush: The Bipartisan Consensus Page 563
22. The Unreported Resistance Page 601
23. The Coming Revolt of the Guards Page 631
24. The Clinton Presidency Page 643
25. The 2000 Election and "The War on Terrorism" Page 675
Afterword Page 683
Bibliography Page 689
Index Page 709

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