Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States has turned
history on its head for an entire generation of readers, telling the
nation's story from the viewpoints of ordinary people--the slaves,
workers, immigrants, women, and Native Americans who made their own
history but whose voices are typically omitted from the historical
record.
The New Press's Abridged Teaching Edition of A People's History of the
United States has made Zinn's original text available specifically for
classroom use, with a wide range of tools for students to begin a
critical inquiry into the American past. The teaching edition includes
exercises and teaching materials to accompany each chapter.