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The Life and Work of Howard ZinnKeywords: Radicalism , new social history , US Left , public intellectual , social movements , Sixties , antiwar movement , World War Two , Vietnam , Civil Rights movement , Iraq , Nine-Eleven , war on terrorism , global justice movements , Howard Zinn , historiography , intellectual history. Abstract: In May 2003, a publishing milestone was celebrated in New York City, the sale of one million copies of A People’s History of the United States by radical historian Howard Zinn. The popularity of this book can be measured in various ways. The book has served as an inspiration to various American artists, such as film director and actor Tim Robbins, rock star Bruce Springsteen, lead singer Eddy Vedder from the band Pearl Jam and folksinger Ani Difranco. Zinn’s treatment of Christopher Colum...
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