A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War

Format: Hardcover Language: English ISBN: 1583227598 ISBN13: 9781583227596 Release Date: May 2007 Publisher: Triangle Square Length: 224 Pages Weight: 0.90 lbs. Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.6" x 8.2" Age Range: 10 years and up Grade Range: Grade 5 and higher A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. Volume 1 begins with a look at Christopher Columbus's arrival through the eyes of the Arawak Indians, then leads the reader through the earliest struggles for workers' rights, women's rights, and civil rights during the 18th and 19th centuries. Volume 2 picks the thread up in the early 20th century, covering both World Wars, Vietnam, the Black Rights movement, and ending with the current protests against continued American imperialism. Zinn presents a radical new way of understanding Ame