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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Popular histories have largely ignored America’s genocidal treatment of its Native peoples for centuries.
Chapter 3: Native resistance pushed Europeans toward enslaving African peoples.
Chapter 4: The U.S. government was designed for wealthy landowners and is still largely controlled by them today.
Chapter 5: Women endured harsh conditions in early American society, but soon also started to organize.
Chapter 6: U.S. expansion was achieved through violence against Native Americans and Mexico.
Chapter 7: The Civil War was fought to preserve the status quo, not to truly end the horrific slavery.
Chapter 8: The 1800s witnessed the rise of a powerful labor movement.
Chapter 9: Unions and democratic socialism expanded during the industrial era.
Chapter 10: World War I exposed the dishonesty and hypocrisy of the U.S. government.
Chapter 11: World War II made U.S. military spending skyrocket and stay high.
Chapter 12: U.S. foreign policy has been driven by economic interests and sold to the public with lies.
Chapter 13: The government’s response to the Civil Rights movement was suppression, not true justice.
Chapter 14: After the Vietnam War, the U.S. government continued its deceptive military actions.
Chapter 15: The U.S. continually oppresses the people of other nations to satisfy its capitalist greed.
Description
A People’s History of the United States (2015, first edition 1980) walks you through the United States’ past from the perspective of the marginalized, the disenfranchised and the oppressed. These blinks describe a history of uprisings, protests and activism in the face of a government built for the rich.
Who Should Listen
- Activists and advocates of social change
- Students of political science and US history
- Readers looking for a fresh perspective on the US government