A Young People's History of the United States

Had to read the unabridged version in high school AP US history. Bought this version for my kids and it’s easier to understand and seems like a pretty good alternative to a textbook. I do wish there were more stories that are overlooked in textbooks. But it’s a good beginning.

We homeschool and my now 10yo son has never been much for academics; put an erector set, a bucket of LEGO or wooden models in front of him and he's suddenly an engineer - just don't ask him to draw you a picture, or write ANYTHING...but say,"bedtime!" and he's off like a shot to the toothbrush and the nightly read. Since utero, I've been reading to him nightly for as long as he wants and we were on no-graphics chapter books by 4. Some he retains, he loves; others he hates and won't ever let me forget (heavens forbid I try to trick him with something more my speed - curtains for Mama;-). PHotUS is compulsory reading in my peer group, so when I learned about this youth-friendly adaptation, neatly condensed but lacking no important - vital, sometimes discomforting but FACTUAL - bits of history, I barely blinked at pushing it to the front of the nightly queue. I explained that, "this is homework, but it is very interesting and sometimes so fantastic that it will sound like a Grimm tale," and was met with some protestation, but I knew that the Zinn estate would never approve something that didn't at least run laterally to the grown-up version and I persevered. At the risk of going on and on, I'll wrap it up: He openly and accurately scoffs at "Columbus Day", politely setting anyone straight on what he now o owe to be the real story. He asked me how to spell "neutral" during computer time so that he might watch Zinn's 2004 biopic (which is held back by the parent filter on the tube, of course); he wept when he learned of slavery, he has a good grasp on Reconstruction, suffrage, and some drips of economics that I don't even claim to fully understand. Recently we watched the People Speak together and I've never been more proud in my life. Look, I went on and on anyway...he plays video games, too. Thanks to Rebecca Stefoff for such a concise, respectful and "entertaining" adaptation of our True History. I couldn't have gotten this far without you.

My husband read the “adult” version of this book sometime ago and has frequently referenced it. Generally not my cup of tea but when I saw this young people adaptation I gave it a try and I don’t regret it at all. So much information even as a relatively easy read. I kept a notebook to jot down things I wanted more information about. You will shake your head many times in disbelief, disappointment but gain knowledge Recommended esp if you are not very knowledgeable about true US history

The most accurate TRUTH I have ever read about the true history of the United States of America. I demand that the president of the United States of America immediately declare an Executive Order that all history books across America in all public, all private and all religious schools in America be corrected and rewritten to include the true unbiased history of the United States of America. And that all educators (parents, grandparents, uncles, aunts, cousins, etc.) and teachers be reeducated to responsibly instruct and teach the youth and people of America about their true honest history. With the truth of the United States of America at hand, The Constitution of The United States of America "We the People" written by and agreed upon by the Founding Fathers in Philadelphia in 1789, will have an opportunity to make America a great nation for the very first time. God of your understanding bless America.

A wonderful and eye-opening book about the history of our country the way it happened. Every teenager at school should try to read it. I hope future editions bring the story to cover the corrupt “presidency” of D.J. Trumph. I am sorry, however, that there is no mention of the American coup d'état against the democratically elected government of Dr. H. Mosaddeq in Iran in 1953, which brought the despised ruler, the Shah, back to power and and who rulled the country with an Iron fist for 26 years. I Have no doubt that the Iranian revolution of 1979 was the direct result of this action of the United States. And that was the beginnings of the unraveling of the Middle East.

英語多読用に購入。オーディブルを聞きながら、聞き読みをしました。

Eine sehr ehrliche, menschliche und realistische Historie der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika. Für junge Leser ab 8 bis 14Jahre sehr verständlich.

通常のアメリカ史であれば、コロンブスのアメリカ新大陸発見からピルグリムファーザーズのアメリカへの植民、そして、マニュフェストデスティニーによる西部への開拓、民主主義、大統領、世界の警察官となります。 しかし、本書は別の切り口からアメリカ史を物語っていきます。 時には、インディアンの視点、時には、黒人奴隷の視点、時には、被差別有色人種の視点です。 現在のアメリカ政治状況の対立軸として、差別を取り上げ、抑圧され続けた人々の生活を抑圧史として描いたのが本書です。 そのため、白人によるインディアンの虐殺から始まり、お金儲けのための黒人奴隷酷使など、白人の富の蓄積のためにこれでもかというほどの悲劇を物語ります。 しかし、現代、そして、現在に近づくほどに通常の政治史へと変化するわけですが、ここに本書を読んでいて歴史というものがどのようなものかということを考えさせられました。 歴史とは、現在の政治状況を肯定するために物語るものという役割です。 本書は、英語で書かれていますが、若者が読みやすいように、なるべく簡単な単語で書かれており、英語学習者のためにも良いと思います。

A People's History of the United States (P.S.) を若者向けに縮約したもの。 英雄たちの物語として描かれがちな歴史を、抑圧された側の立場から描くというオルタナティブ的立場をとった本だが、縮約版のためなのかどうか（私は「大人版」は未読である）、普通の歴史では扱われる事柄がなかったり、年代が前後したりと、記述にかなり濃淡がある印象である。本書だけではアメリカ史のおさらいはできないだろう。また、通史をある程度知っていないと、著者が何を批判しているのか分かりにくいと思われる部分も少なくない。歴史年表を片手に備えるか、簡単な通史を読んでから取り組んだ方が、この本の意図するところはくみ取れると思う。