The History of he United States from the Viewpoint of the People: 1492-Present

"Because I understand the past, I do not know the absolute truth about the present, but it may seem even deeper than the" experts "quoted by rumors and mass media expressed by political leaders." Howard Zinn said. Through (684) books, Jin shows the history of the United States from people's point of view. And not only the rich, but also the poor. As Jin knows, this book is skeptical of the government and attempts to tempt the public through politics and culture to try to be a "nation" with common interests (10).

American citizen's history from 1492 to the present - Howard Sinen's work has a realistic view that can not be found in many textbooks. Jin wrote about the dark side of the American idol, and students are rarely taught. Through historical examples such as treatment of Native American Arawak Indians by Christopher Columbus, Zinn supports his thesis. Among Jin's books, he complains about being taught by Americans to beautify history, another writer, James Axel, in his article "Indian-Free American Colonies: Anti-Facts Despite that it expresses as stated in "Reflexes" In another article by Axtell, "moral" size is 1492 inches, he said

According to Howard Jin, every part of history is a political document. As his title is a thorough investigation of "people's history" (American people's history, 1492 to the present), potential readers will not doubt his own opinion: Regardless, this is a history that does not respect the history of the government. "Respect the people's resistance movement, Jin is proud to announce that this judgment will make his book nearly identical to almost all other explanations most Americans have read in the past." All books in our history are slanting badly in other directions. Therefore, nations and politicians have ignored people's behavior. "

Xin En, Howard. American history of people: up to now 1492 (P.S). New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005. One of the most influential historical texts in history; Zinn's masterpiece is apologetic to the left in that direction and is very needed when discussing the rebuilding and repression of African Americans Offering voice