Howard Zinn: a life on the left

328 Pages·2012·3.38 MB·English

by  Martin Duberman

HOWARD ZINN
ALSO BY MARTIN DUBERMAN
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HOWARD ZINN
A Life on the Left
Martin Duberman
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© 2012 by Martin Duberman
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DATA
Duberman, Martin B.
Howard Zinn : a life on the left / Martin Duberman.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-59558-840-1
1. Zinn, Howard, 1922–2010. 2. Historians—United States—Biography. 3. Zinn, Howard, 1922–
2010—Political and social views. I. Title.
E175.5.Z56D83 2012
973'.07202—dc23
[B]
2012017592
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Contents
AUTHOR’S NOTE
1. The Early Years
2. Spelman
3. The Black Struggle I
4. The Black Struggle II
5. The War in Vietnam
6. Writing History
7. Silber Versus Zinn
8. A People’s History
9. The Eighties
10. The Nineties
11. Final Years
NOTE ON SOURCES/ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
INDEX