Howard Zinn on History

Rating:
Summary: Inspiring
Review: In this collection of essays, Zinn writes about history in a way that makes it fascinating and utterly relevant to society today. The underlying theme of his writing is that of people seeking freedom and well-being, individually and in bodies, in spite of all efforts to thwart and exploit them. My only complaint about this book is that it is not unified work (like his book _A People's History of the United States_). But it's magnificent nonetheless, and can be read essay by essay. I wish Howard Zinn and Daniel Quinn (_Ishmael_) would combine their talent and insight, because I think Zinn's passion and historical understanding could benefit fantastically from Quinn's cool philosophical analysis.

Rating:
Summary: Inspiring
Review: In this collection of essays, Zinn writes about history in a way that makes it fascinating and utterly relevant to society today. The underlying theme of his writing is that of people seeking freedom and well-being, individually and in bodies, in spite of all efforts to thwart and exploit them. My only complaint about this book is that it is not unified work (like his book _A People's History of the United States_). But it's magnificent nonetheless, and can be read essay by essay. I wish Howard Zinn and Daniel Quinn (_Ishmael_) would combine their talent and insight, because I think Zinn's passion and historical understanding could benefit fantastically from Quinn's cool philosophical analysis.