Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left
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| Rating | : | 4.43 (725 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1595586784 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-04 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
Narrating the life of radical scholar-activist Howard Zinn, he confronts a challenge: how to present a three-dimensional portrait of a complicated and polarizing figure who only wanted history to know his public-facing side? (Zinn destroyed his personal archives before his death.) The result is a biography that does its best to understand Zinn’s personal motivations and sometimes messy interpersonal relationships while remaining necessarily focused on Zinn’s larger-than life public presence, particularly his civil rights activism, his bitter feuds with university administrators, and the merits of his best-known work, A People’s History of the United States. Although generally sympathetic, emphasizing his subject’s
Howard Zinn: practicing theory, theorizing practice! I'm a fan of Duberman's biographies (loved his Paul Robeson and Stonewall tomes) and agree with his politics. I'd read most of Howard Zinn's works and seen him speak on a few occasions.This is a very good biography that centers Howard in the struggles he was a part of and wrote about: the black Civil Rights struggle, the anti-war (especially Vietnam) movement,his seemingly incessant battle with Boston University's John Silber.Howard in life was adamant that the movement is the thing and not the few . Howard Zinn: An Icon on the Left This is a masterful biography of one of the giants of history, the study of history, and of Howard Zinn's dedication to the humane values of the Left! Not only a tireless activist for peace and civil rights, but a great teacher and a person who remained true to the highest values of humanity throughout his life. Someone of the stature and profound decency of Howard Zinn comes along once in a generation. Zinn's biographer writes with such clarity and excitement about his subject that the reader will . engaging and inspiring First, the subject matter, Howard Zinn, is treated fairly and with the respect one historian gives another. And the content, the Zinn's life and his work, was well-written, highly readable and smooth flowing, and substantive. Many accounts in this book reveal the real man, beyond the image many may have of him. And as I read, my respect for Zinn grew greater, not because he always did the right thing, but because when he erred, he corrected his misperceptions, he changed. I've been reading studies l
Howard Zinn: A Life on the Left is a major publishing event that brings to life one of the most inspiring figures of our time.. Given exclusive access to the previously closed Zinn archives, Duberman’s impeccably researched biography is illustrated with never-before-published photos from the Zinn family collection. A bombardier who later renounced war, a son of working-class parents who earned a doctorate at Columbia, a white professor who taught at the historically black Spelman College in Atlanta, a committed scholar who will be forever remembered as a devoted people’s historian”Howard Zinn blazed a bold, iconoclastic path through the turbulent second half of the twentieth century.For the millions who were moved by Zinn’s personal example of political engagement and by his inspiring bottom up” history, here is an authoritative biography of this towering figureby Martin Duberman, recipient of the American Historical Association’s 2007 Lifetime Achievement Award. Howard Zinn was perhaps the best-known and