Howard Zinn

We learn about Columbus to be one of the great men who discover America without knowing about his bad deeds, but this great pioneers of history James Lowen and Howard Zinn have educate us on his bad deeds in their books “ Lies my teacher told me “ and the “People’s history of America. They have talked about his selfish and greedy behavior that he use to achieve whatever he wanted at any time without considering the…

In this week's reading Howard Zinn, chose to name the chapter “A Kind of Revolution” because it was a revolution that had a variety of class structure. The poor and white fought together in war, but the poor were seeking different economic opportunities to free themselves and having a little bit of power. However, the revolution was dominated by the powerful and wealthy who use the poor to get the most power for their state. “ Jefferson tried his best, as an enlightened, thoughtful individual…

Zinn vs Johnson Howard Zinn started out by discussing the expeditions of Columbus and his crew. Columbus’s explorations were the beginning of multiple explorers coming the New World. When Columbus and his crew reached Cuba, Columbus thought it was Asia and spoke extravagantly about it. After many expeditions, they couldn’t find the gold. They brought slaves back to Spain, although, many died in captivity. The Arawaks also died off as time went by due to mutilation, murder and diseases. Columbus…

Christopher Columbus was morally incompetent, greedy, and cruel according to Howard Zinn. In A People’s History of the United States Zinn makes it clear that Columbus was never a hero and should not be credited as such. Columbus’ only intention was to go on a voyage for purely monetary reasons and he never had benevolent intentions. On top of this, Colombus and his men extorted, imprisoned, and abused countless Indians in the Americas. Zinn is attempting to shed light on the fact that Columbus…

Howard Zinn argues that the new industrialists such as John D Rockefeller, Andrew Carnegie, and J.P Morgan adopted business practices that encouraged monopolies and used the powers of the government to control the masses from rebellion in A Peoples History of the United States of America. Rockefeller, Carnegie, and J.P Morgan all became massively wealthy due the spur of innovation, cheap labor, and other practices. Zinn argues that these “robber barons” used sly business tactics to keep their…

Zinn and Wood Comparison and Contrast Essay In 1776 a remarkable event in American History occurred between the American colonies and the British. This event was recognized as the American Revolution. The American Revolutionary War was a war that help and put the American colonies in a great position to gained their own independence from the british. Here are several authors with differing opinions on whether or not the American Revolution had as a significant impact as history claims. Gordon…

Howard Zinn, a noted historian and social activist describes the American system as the “the most ingenious system of control in world history.” This system has perfected itself in manner that prevents the middle and working classes of the United States from joining together and actually challenging the system. Throughout his book, A People’s History of the United States, Zinn describes a plethora of government actions and major events that have contributed to this system. I believe that he…

American Revolution Comparative Essay Howard Zinn and Larry Schweikart with Michael Allen interpret American history in their respective books A People’s History of the United States and A Patriot’s History of the United States. Both books, while going in-depth in the progression of America, differ sometimes greatly in their views and opinions of events in history. Zinn differs with Schweikart and Allen in his interpretation of the American Revolution in that Zinn saw the revolution as the…

For example, in his paper, Zinn talks about how the Arawaks - the first Native Americans that Columbus met - were a community based, agriculturally centered people, adding that they had no horses, work animals, or iron, therefore living a peaceful, somewhat primitive civilization, with no defense against outsiders with malicious intent. However, by focusing on the Arawaks, Zinn completely ignores the other Native American tribes that Columbus encountered…

Both Howard Zinn’s and James W. Loewen’s book show evidence to support W. E. B. DuBois statement that history loses it value when only one side of the story is told. James Loewen mentioned several historic figures in his book who are mostly recognized as heroes, such as Hellen Keller, Columbus, and Woodrow Wilson. These people’s inspiring stories are shown in traditional textbooks but seldom the story of failures. When it comes to nationwide historic events, due to many reasons, history…