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'''Howard Zinn''' (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American | [[File:Howard_Zinn_2009.jpg|250px|thumb|Howard Zinn (2009).]]'''Howard Zinn''' (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and social activist. | ||
He was a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than twenty 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''. | |||
In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, | |||
Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." | Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." | ||
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He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States. | He wrote extensively about the civil rights and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States. | ||
He wrote a memoir, ''You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train''. A 2004 [[Documentary film (nonfiction)|documentary film]] about Zinn's life and work has the same title. | |||
Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, aged 87. | Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, aged 87. | ||
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== Fiction cross-reference == | == Fiction cross-reference == | ||
* [[Gnomon algorithm]] | |||
* [[Gnomon Chronicles]] | |||
* [[Howard Zinn]] | * [[Howard Zinn]] | ||
== External links | == Nonfiction cross-reference == | ||
External links: | |||
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn Howard Zinn] @ Wikipedia | * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Zinn Howard Zinn] @ Wikipedia | ||
* ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_People%27s_History_of_the_United_States A People's History of the United States]'' @ Wikipedia | |||
* [https://www.jacobinmag.com/2014/10/the-real-christopher-columbus/?fbclid=IwAR0KiQb0hR6PfYN-eX17JNq5Ly5cV5XscmDN-3rhGXGZfYtT7SBKBYuDc7c The Real Christopher Columbus] @ Jacobin | |||
[[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Nonfiction (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Historians (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:Historians (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:People (nonfiction)]] | [[Category:People (nonfiction)]] | ||
[[Category:Writers (nonfiction)]] |
Latest revision as of 06:38, 16 October 2019
Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and social activist.
He was a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote more than twenty 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 and anti-war movements, and labor history of the United States.
He wrote a memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train. A 2004 documentary film about Zinn's life and work has the same title.
Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, aged 87.
In the News
Fiction cross-reference
Nonfiction cross-reference
External links:
- Howard Zinn @ Wikipedia
- A People's History of the United States @ Wikipedia
- The Real Christopher Columbus @ Jacobin