Michael P: "But it appeals to young people. It is very effective for
students.I am negotiating with an agent now. She is insisting that I make
everything "dumber" to make the work popular. To do so would require
opening me up to the kind of questions that Zinn is getting --
http://www.sevenoaksmag.com/commentary/06_zinn.html
COMMENTARY
Accessing history:
The importance of Howard Zinn
March 29, 2004
Dale McCartney
On Thursday the 25 th of March, the first of the 4-day annual meeting of
the Organization of American Historians, Howard Zinn was honoured with
an
True. I drew from it in my text for exactly that reason. And in lieu of a
book that combines accessibility and a subtle analysis, I'd assign it to
students, who gravitate to its counter-narrative. I also recognize that the
left sometimes has a tendency to shoot down its few successful
Michael Perelman wrote:
Doug Henwood has been able to write about economics at a popular level.
I have not. Nor have most of us.
(the below has nothing to do with enhancing sales of books, for which, i
am sure your agent's advice is probably way more relevant)
i found steal this idea quite
In a message dated 4/5/2004 10:34:39 AM Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I am negotiating with an agent now. She is insisting that I makeeverything "dumber" to make the work popular. To do so would requireopening me up to the kind of questions that Zinn is getting -- but it isan
Wed, 31 March 2004
Dissent magazine- [independent social thought since 1954]
Howard Zinn's History Lessons [a critical review]
by Michael Kazin, a web exclusive
Every work of history, according to Howard Zinn, is a political document. He
titled his thick survey A People's History (A People's
Zinn reduces
the past to a Manichean fable and makes no serious attempt to address the
biggest question a leftist can ask about U.S. history: why have most
Americans accepted the legitimacy of the capitalist republic in which they
live?
--
What's so daunting about that question? Don't most people
Michael Hoover quoting Michael Kazin:
Such phrases may hint of Marxism, but the old Rhinelander never took so static
or simplistic a view of history. Zinn's ruling elite is a transhistorical
entity, a virtual monolith; neither its interests nor its ideology change
markedly from the days when its
Yeah, well I think the underlying complaint is that Zinn sold too many
books. I can understand that a scholar would be frustrated at the
fame/$$/independence that this book earned Zinn. But the scholar should
also understand that in educating and motivating people different kinds
of books are
Chris Doss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Zinn reduces
the past to a Manichean fable and makes no serious
attempt to address the
biggest question a leftist can ask about U.S.
history: why have most
Americans accepted the legitimacy of the capitalist
republic in which they
live?
--
What's so
I consider myself a patriot, and I even admire a lot
of aspects of American elite history, but I'm not
offended by Zinn's deflationary approach, and it
mystifies my why many self-styled social democrats
and
liberals are. It's not at all in the same category
as
raving about fascist
Although it's good to have the alternative narrative all in one place, Zinn's
book is not very good history--neither subtle nor sophisticated. You can
read it for a while, but then it begins to feel as if he is simply stringing
together a series of tales about people fighting back. Ultimately,
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