Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn Speaks

Collected Speeches 1963-2009
Herausgeber: Arnove, Anthony

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Howard Zinn weaves rich historical narratives that inspire and captivate.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Haymarket Books
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. November 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 140mm x 216mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781608462599
• ISBN-10: 1608462595
• Artikelnr.: 35341676

Autorenporträt

HOWARD ZINN (August 24, 1922 ? January 27, 2010) was a historian, playwright, and activist. He wrote the classic A People's History of the United States, The book, which has sold more than two million copies, has been featured on The Sopranos and Simpsons, and in the film Good Will Hunting. The book has appeared multiple times on the New York Times best-seller list. Zinn was the author of many books, including an autobiography, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, and the plays Marx in Soho, Emma, and Daughter of Venus. He received the Lannan Foundation Literary Award for Nonfiction and the Eugene V. Debs award for his writing and political activism. * > Arnove's writing has appeared in O Magazine, The Financial Times, The Nation, Monthly Review, In These Times, L'Humanite, Le Nouvel Observateur, Mother Jones, and other publications. He has appeared on BBC, Democracy Now!, Sky News, ABC Radio in Australia, Alternative Radio, CounterSpin, Air America, and public radio programs across the country.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Introduction 1.Southern Influence in National Politics (Atlanta
GA
April 12
1963) 2.Reform or Revolution (from a debate with William F. Buckley at Tufts University
Medford
Massachusetts
January 11
1971) 3.Thinking About Vietnam: Political Theory and Human Life (January 27
1973) 4.Academic Freedom: Collaboration and Resistance (twenty-third T. B. Davie memorial lecture
University of Cape Town
Cape Town
South Africa
July 23
1982) 5.Second Thoughts on the First Amendment (University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder
Colorado
October 25
1989) 6.1492-1992: The Legacy of Columbus (Madison
Wisconsin
October 9
1991) 7.A People's History of the United States (Reed College
Portland
Oregon
November 20
1995) 8.The Case of Sacco and Vanzetti (Northeastern University
Boston
Massachusetts
October 9
1997) 9.U.S. Imperialism and the War with Spain (Cambridge
Massachusetts
June 30
1998) 10.War and Democracy (Boston College
Chestnut Hill
Massachusetts
November 11
1999) 11.Emma Goldman
Anarchism
and War Resistance (Radcliffe College
Cambridge
Massachusetts
January 29
2002) 12.Bringing Democracy Alive (Shoreline Community College
Seattle
Washington
April 10
2002) 13.Confronting Government Lies (General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association
Boston
Massachusetts
June 28
2003) 14.History Matters (Cambridge
Massachusetts
February 6
2004) 15.The Myth of American Exceptionalism (Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge
Massachusetts
March 14
2005) 16.Just War (Rome
Italy
June 23
2005) 17.The Uses of History and the War on Terrorism (Madison
Wisconsin
October 5
2006) 18.Overcoming Obstacles (University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder
Colorado
November 30
2006) 19.Civil Disobedience in the 21st Century ("Anatomy of War" conference
University of Colorado Denver
Denver
Colorado
October 9
2008) 20.Howard Zinn Talks to Social Studies Teachers (Keynote address
National Council for the Social Studies Conference in Houston
Texas
November 16
2008) 21.The State of the Union 2009 (Back Pages Books
Waltham
Massachusetts
November 18
2008) 22.Standing Up for Justice in the Age of Obama (Busboys and Poets
Washington
DC
February 2
2009) 23.Talk on democracy and citizenship in Greece (French Institute
Athens
Greece
May 25
2009) 24.Three Holy Wars (Boston University
Boston
Massachusetts
November 11
2009) Acknowledgments About Howard Zinn About Anthony Arnove Works by Howard Zinn