A Young People's History of the United States

A Young People's History of the United States tells the stories of workers, enslaved people, immigrants, women, Black people, Latino Americans, Asian Americans, American Indians, and others often left out of textbooks who have been among the driving forces of our nation’s history.

Beginning with a look at Christopher Columbus’s arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leading the reader through the struggles for workers’ rights, women’s rights, and civil rights during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, and ending with the current protests against continued American imperialism, Zinn presents a radical new way of understanding America’s history. In so doing, he reminds readers that America’s true greatness is shaped by the people rather than by our generals our politicians.

This revised and updated edition includes new chapters on Latino History by Ed Morales as well as shorter updates and revisions throughout.