Reviews tagging 'Death'

A People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn

3 reviews

parboiledlentils's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad slow-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery

Moderate: Death, Genocide, Racism, Violence, Police brutality, War, and Deportation

gracieec's review against another edition

challenging dark informative sad

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Hate crime, Misogyny, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Sexism, Slavery, Violence, Xenophobia, Blood, Antisemitism, Religious bigotry, Fire/Fire injury, Colonisation, War, Injury/Injury detail, and Classism

Moderate: Alcoholism, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Police brutality, Kidnapping, Pregnancy, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Ableism, Addiction, Domestic abuse, Homophobia, Miscarriage, Suicide, Forced institutionalization, Islamophobia, Grief, Abortion, Death of parent, and Deportation

maiagaia's review against another edition

informative reflective medium-paced

4.5

This is a great book to get a general overview of American history from a different perspective than most people have learned in school. The writing style is more academic than literary, so it can be pretty dry. It's very low fluff and straight to the point because there's a ton of ground being covered in a relatively short book. It's a great jumping-off point to discover specific eras or organizations that you might want to look into further. The biggest draw back for me is that after the chapter on the Vietnam war, the chapters lost a lot of their detail and focus. For example, chapter 19 "Surprises" covers women's rights movements, prison riots and strikes, Native American protests, and general cultural changes occuring in the younger generation of the time. Each of these could have been their own chapter, or Zinn should have made more of an effort to connect them. Overall, I really enjoyed this read, and I'd recommend it to people just getting into American history.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Genocide, Racism, and Slavery

It's a history of the United States in all its imperialist glory. Be wary.