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I really turned a corner when I read Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" and Zinn's "People's History of the United States".
by tomkat0789 5y ago
I really turned a corner when I read Chomsky's "Manufacturing Consent" and Zinn's "People's History of the United States".
- OrvalWintermute 5y agoZinn's book, and his methods have many detractors [1], [2], [3] Have you read any of the criticisms of the book now that the historical record is much more complete around some of his claims? While Zinn makes for entertaining reading, history is savaging much of it. I enjoyed reading it, but the more I read of contemporary sources, the more I became convinced that Zinn was giving us a very selective story without the vital nuance. [1] https://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/december/wineburg-historiography-zinn-122012.html https://news.stanford.edu/news/2012/december/wineburg-histor... [2] https://newrepublic.com/article/112574/howard-zinns-influential-mutilations-american-history https://newrepublic.com/article/112574/howard-zinns-influent... [3] https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/09/book-review-debunking-howard-zinn/ https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/09/book-review-debunking-...