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OftenBen  ·  3253 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What are your best reccomendations for history books?

A Peoples History of The United States by Zinn.





Chromatic_Jon  ·  3253 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Sounds comprehensive. And with blackbootz recommendation, I'm sure it's a page turner.

jleopold  ·  3253 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Just be aware Zinn can come off as a little self-righteous and makes no attempt to hide his bias. While the later can be refreshing in history, I find the former limits me to about twenty pages of Zinn before I put it down and don't bother with him for another year (or preferably longer).

Chromatic_Jon  ·  3253 days ago  ·  link  ·  

How would you describe the guy's bias?

kleinbl00  ·  3253 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Unabashedly, counterculturally liberal.

Chromatic_Jon  ·  3253 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Good to know

blackbootz  ·  3253 days ago  ·  link  ·  

If I had a badge.