Howard Zinn (1922–2010)
Auteur van Geschiedenis van het Amerikaanse volk
Over de Auteur
A committed radical historian and activist, Howard Zinn approaches the study of the past from the point of view of those whom he feels have been exploited by the powerful. Zinn was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922. After working in local shipyards during his teens, he joined the U.S. Army Air toon meer Force, where he saw combat as a bombardier in World War II. He received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University in 1958 and was a postdoctoral fellow in East Asian studies at Harvard University. While teaching at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, Zinn joined the civil rights movement and wrote The Southern Mystique (1964) and SNCC: The New Abolitionists (1964). He also became an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, writing Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal (1967) and visiting Hanoi to receive the first American prisoners released by the North Vietnamese. Zinn's best-known and most-praised work, as well as his most controversial, is A People's History of the United States (1980). It explores American history under the thesis that most historians have favored those in power, leaving another story untold. Zinn discusses such topics as Native American views of Columbus and the socialist and anarchist opposition to World War I in examining his theory that historical change is most often due to "mass movements of ordinary people." Zinn's other books include You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times (1995) and Artists in Times of War (2004). He has also written the plays Emma (1976), Daughter of Venus (1985), and Marx in Soho (1999). (Bowker Author Biography) Howard Zinn grew up in the immigrant slums of Brooklyn, where he worked in shipyards in his late teens. He saw combat duty as an air force bombardier in World War II, and afterward received his doctorate in history from Columbia University. His first book, "La Guardia in Congress", was an Albert Beveridge Prize winner. In 1956, he moved with his wife and children to Atlanta to become chairman of the history department of Spelman College. He has since written and edited many more books, including A People's History of the United States, SNCC: The New Abolitionist; Disobedience and Democracy; The Politics of History; The Pentagon Papers: Critical Essays; You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times; and The Zinn Reader (Seven Stories Press, 1997). Zinn is also the author of three plays, Emma, Daughter of Venus, and Marx in Soho. Among the many honors Zinn has received is the 1998 Lannan Literary Award for nonfiction. A professor emeritus of political science at Boston University, he lives with his wife, Roslyn, in the Boston area, near their children and grandchildren. (Publisher Provided) toon minder
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Werken van Howard Zinn
A People's History of the United States: Highlights from the Twentieth Century (1999) 322 exemplaren
A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War (2009) 148 exemplaren
A Young People's History of the United States 129 exemplaren
A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 2: Class Struggle to the War on Terror (2007) 127 exemplaren
Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century (2001) 86 exemplaren
A People's History of the United States, Abridged Teaching Edition, Updated Edition (2003) 74 exemplaren
A People's History of the United States, Vol. 2: The Civil War to the Present, Teaching Edition (2003) 32 exemplaren
Three Plays: The Political Theater of Howard Zinn: Emma, Marx in Soho, Daughter of Venus (2010) 29 exemplaren
A People's History of the United States, Vol. 1: American Beginnings to Reconstruction, Teaching Edition (2003) 26 exemplaren
Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress: 1492-1992 2 exemplaren
A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Words -- Selected Writings for the Centennial 2 exemplaren
A People's History of the United States 1 exemplaar
The New Abolitionists: SNCC 1 exemplaar
Storia popolare dell'impero americano. A fumetti 1 exemplaar
Estados Unidos. Por qué tener esperanzas en tiempos difíciles (Sediciones) (Spanish Edition) (1998) 1 exemplaar
The Conspiracy of Law 1 exemplaar
Eine Geschichte des amerikanischen Volkes. Band 1: Kolonialismus, Rassismus und die Macht des Geldes (2006) 1 exemplaar
The Case for Socialism (Updated Edition) 1 exemplaar
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- Zinn, Howard
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- Zinn, Howard
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- 1922-08-24
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2010-01-27
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- Nationaliteit
- USA
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- Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Santa Monica, California, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- heart attack
- Woonplaatsen
- Newton, Massachusetts, USA
Auburndale, Massachusetts, USA - Opleiding
- New York University (BA|1951)
Columbia University (MA|1952|PhD|1958) - Beroepen
- historian
university professor
political activist - Relaties
- Zinn, Jeff (son)
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- Spelman College
Boston University
U.S. Army Air Corps - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Thomas Merton Award
Eugene V. Debs Award
Lannan Literary Award (Nonfiction, 1998)
Upton Sinclair Award (1999)
Haven's Center Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship (2006) - Korte biografie
- Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People's History of the United States.
Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States. His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press, 2002), was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, at age 87.
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Geschiedenis van het Amerikaanse volk door Howard Zinn
Schitterend boek, niet iets waar alle Amerikanen even enthousiast over zullen zijn, maar geschiedschrijving dient nu eenmaal niet om het imago van een land op te poetsen.
Schitterend boek met jammer genoeg enkele "typo's"(?). Zo kwam Gorbatsjov niet aan de macht in 1989 maar wel in 1985. En zo zijn er nog wel enkele (druk)-fouten. Maar niettemin een aanrader voor iedereen die iets meer wil weten over hoe de USA werkelijk zijn.
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