I have to say this man and his accomplishments were over-rated. I
think of him as a very good popularizer of history, with a
populist-left stance on most issues. That is about all an adumbrated
schema like 'People's History' could ever do anyway.
One problem wih saying he changed history (in a
Howard Zinn: The historian who changed the history
http://www.cipra.in/paper/HowardZinn.html
History since its origin remained in the realm of the ruling elite. It
presented, commented and concentrated on a minority gang of monarchs, tyrants,
and their tales. It was called objective history.
I have to say this man and his accomplishments were over-rated. I
think of him as a very good popularizer of history, with a
populist-left stance on most issues. That is about all an adumbrated
schema like 'People's History' could ever do anyway.
One problem wih saying he changed history (in a
I wonder if young Zinn was as enthusiastically pro-zionist as the
young Chomsky (who quickly got bored with it apparently).
http://middleeast.about.com/b/2010/01/27/howard-zinn-oliver-stone-of-historians-had-questioned-israels-purpose.htm
It was only after the 'Six-Day War' of 1967 and Israel's
