ERIC EJ995904: Undue Certainty: Where Howard Zinn’s pdf

ERIC EJ995904: Undue Certainty: Where Howard Zinn’s

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Howard Zinn’s “A People’s History” of the United States has few peers among contemporary historical works. With more than 2 million copies in print, “A People’s History” is more than a book. It is a cultural icon. While most historians aim to examine the full historical record, Zinn picks and chooses from it. Writing persuasively, he hides the fact that many of his claims are unsubstantiated, presents his views as the truth, and leaves students with a distorted sense of historical reasoning. (Contains 53 endnotes

• Creator/s: ERIC
• Date: 2013
• Year: 2013
• Book Topics/Themes: ERIC Archive, Historians, History Instruction, Books, Historical Interpretation, World History, War, Wineburg, Sam

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