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The Divided States
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People's History of the United States: 1492 - Present
Howard Zinn
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This well-documented and intensely researched book replaces
with plain facts the lies, myths, and propaganda that has for hundreds
of years constituted "American history" as it has been recorded and taught
in schools. They say history is written by the winners, and the winners since
the time of Columbus's "discovery" of America have been members of a ruling
elite (Columbus's patrons, British colonial governors, the founding fathers,
robber barons, corporation boards) who stole the land, plundered its resources,
committed genocide, enslaved Africans, exploited workers, waged wars for
profit, and kept the majority of the population off-balance, cowed, and
disorganized through unjust laws, political deceit, and deadly force. |
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