A People's History of the United States

This is a new edition of the radical social history of America from Columbus to the present. Known for its lively, clear prose as well as its scholarly research,it is the only volume to tell America's story from the point of view of - and in the words of - America's women, factory workers, African-Americans, Native Americans, the working poor, and immigrant laborers. Covering Christopher Columbus's arrival through to the Clinton years, it is an insightful analysis of the most important events in US history.