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Seconding "A people history of the united states" by howard zinn. It should be THE high school history curriculum in the u.s.
It's very poor scholarship. Challenging the dominant narrative of nationalist mythology is important, but not in a way that disregards history.
I’ve also heard this. Do you have any recommendations for a similar book that’s more historically accurate?
Unfortunately, I don't know many general histories of the US in, uh, general. Modern academia has left behind most of the stuff we think of kids being taught by moldy school textbooks, but those selfsame textbooks are often resistant to academic consensus (thanks, Texas) that has been around since the 1970s.
There's a Cambridge History of America and the World that's an excellent starter, but it's several volumes long and, uh, in the true spirit of academic literature, horrifically fucking expensive. ~~I hear there are places on the Fediverse which give good advice about the high seas for such matters though~~
Yeah I like history but it needs a good writer to make it interesting. It can be very dry. I also am far more interested in movements and politics of ordinary people then the “great men” of history, so this book sounded appealing but I am hoping somewhere out there exists another that is more scholarly.
Disregards history? Care to elaborate?
It has a very poor reception in the academic community for a very poor analysis of the events it purports to explain