it's a great book for learning the entire history of the us from the perspective of common people and marginalized groups.
i do think it is just a starting point though (for any period) because by zinn including shit from 1400s to George bush, it inevitably lead to the book not being able to go into as much detail as you would get looking into any number of books on the topics it addresses
The labor history definitely runs deeper than what Zinn covers, but Zinn's book is about as good of a starting point as you're going to get. It covers a very broad range of social struggles through out US history, but this limits its ability to dive too deep into any particular struggle. Still, it dives much deeper than a lot of the pablum that gets published about this country, and does a good job of connecting them - which is harder to pull off in any particularly focused book.
People's History of the United States, probably, but I haven't actually gotton around to reading it.
it's a great book for learning the entire history of the us from the perspective of common people and marginalized groups.
i do think it is just a starting point though (for any period) because by zinn including shit from 1400s to George bush, it inevitably lead to the book not being able to go into as much detail as you would get looking into any number of books on the topics it addresses
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Yes that would cover it and more.
The labor history definitely runs deeper than what Zinn covers, but Zinn's book is about as good of a starting point as you're going to get. It covers a very broad range of social struggles through out US history, but this limits its ability to dive too deep into any particular struggle. Still, it dives much deeper than a lot of the pablum that gets published about this country, and does a good job of connecting them - which is harder to pull off in any particularly focused book.
Yes - sorry my intention for “and more” is about more than just labor history - any book of that scope is necessarily a survey of events.
No need for the apology. What you said is correct. I was just adding some more detail.
ok sorry i will be more confident in the future