Themes Of A People's History Of The United States By Howard Zinn

A People’s History of the U.S

What I'm going to talk about is three major themes of the book, A People’s History of the United States by Howard Zinn. One of the themes I found that was an important part of the book was Zinn focusing on the people with no power and how they got treated over the years because of being a minority. The second theme that I also found important was how the American people have thrown their support to causes that seem bigoted and foolish. The third theme that I found important was the enormous transformations that happened in the United States.

The Minorities with No Power When reading the book, A People’s History of the United States, it’s basically telling us that if you are not white and rich, then your life is

All this would propose that many slaves tried to rebel. In many initial American colonies, slaves made up an important chunk of the population. Intelligent slave masters did not take believe in the myth that Africans slaves were naturally submissive. They knew that, if they continued to torture their slaves, they would face the likelihood of a riot and change. The key point is realizing that racism in American history wasn’t a natural thing. In part, American leaders encouraged hostility between whites and blacks in order to strengthen their own position in society (Zinn, 1995,

He shows how the powerful Establishment used violence and publicity to frustrate the American people’s efforts to fight for change. However, American society has seen important changes for the better. For example, women won the right to vote, black slaves won their freedom and the right to education. Zinn argues that changes to American society have been small and fairly shallow, meaning that they have strengthened the power of the Establishment. There is an important distinction between radical, revolutionary change, which is fundamental changes to the system of American society, especially in the arena of property and ownership. While improvement may benefit people and improve the average American’s quality of life, it also staves off the major change that could alter people’s lives for the better and instead continues injustice and inequality in