Howard Zinn (1922–2010)
Auteur de Une histoire populaire des États-Unis. De 1492 à nos jours
A propos de l'auteur
A committed radical historian and activist, Howard Zinn approaches the study of the past from the point of view of those whom he feels have been exploited by the powerful. Zinn was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922. After working in local shipyards during his teens, he joined the U.S. Army Air afficher plus Force, where he saw combat as a bombardier in World War II. He received a Ph.D. in history from Columbia University in 1958 and was a postdoctoral fellow in East Asian studies at Harvard University. While teaching at Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia, Zinn joined the civil rights movement and wrote The Southern Mystique (1964) and SNCC: The New Abolitionists (1964). He also became an outspoken critic of the Vietnam War, writing Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal (1967) and visiting Hanoi to receive the first American prisoners released by the North Vietnamese. Zinn's best-known and most-praised work, as well as his most controversial, is A People's History of the United States (1980). It explores American history under the thesis that most historians have favored those in power, leaving another story untold. Zinn discusses such topics as Native American views of Columbus and the socialist and anarchist opposition to World War I in examining his theory that historical change is most often due to "mass movements of ordinary people." Zinn's other books include You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times (1995) and Artists in Times of War (2004). He has also written the plays Emma (1976), Daughter of Venus (1985), and Marx in Soho (1999). (Bowker Author Biography) Howard Zinn grew up in the immigrant slums of Brooklyn, where he worked in shipyards in his late teens. He saw combat duty as an air force bombardier in World War II, and afterward received his doctorate in history from Columbia University. His first book, "La Guardia in Congress", was an Albert Beveridge Prize winner. In 1956, he moved with his wife and children to Atlanta to become chairman of the history department of Spelman College. He has since written and edited many more books, including A People's History of the United States, SNCC: The New Abolitionist; Disobedience and Democracy; The Politics of History; The Pentagon Papers: Critical Essays; You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times; and The Zinn Reader (Seven Stories Press, 1997). Zinn is also the author of three plays, Emma, Daughter of Venus, and Marx in Soho. Among the many honors Zinn has received is the 1998 Lannan Literary Award for nonfiction. A professor emeritus of political science at Boston University, he lives with his wife, Roslyn, in the Boston area, near their children and grandchildren. (Publisher Provided) afficher moins
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Œuvres de Howard Zinn
Voices of a People's History of the United States (2004) — Directeur de publication — 769 exemplaires, 2 critiques
L'impossible neutralité. Autobiographie d'un historien et militant (1994) 742 exemplaires, 18 critiques
Le XXe siècle américain : une histoire populaire de 1890 à nos jours (1984) 658 exemplaires, 6 critiques
Nous, le Peuple des Etats-Unis... : Essai sur la liberté d'expression et l'anticommunisme, le gouvernement… (1990) 431 exemplaires, 2 critiques
A People's History of the United States: Highlights from the Twentieth Century (1999) 320 exemplaires, 5 critiques
The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known (2004) 154 exemplaires, 6 critiques
A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War (2009) 153 exemplaires, 3 critiques
A Young People's History of the United States, Volume 2: Class Struggle to the War on Terror (2007) 130 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor's Last Century (2001) 88 exemplaires, 1 critique
En suivant Emma : Pièce historique en deux actes sur Emma Goldman, anarchiste & féministe américaine (2001) 86 exemplaires, 1 critique
A People's History of the United States, Abridged Teaching Edition, Updated Edition (2003) 74 exemplaires
Justice in Everyday Life: The Way It Really Works (Radical 60s) (Vol 6) (1974) 35 exemplaires, 1 critique
A People's History of the United States, Vol. 2: The Civil War to the Present, Teaching Edition (2003) 32 exemplaires
Truth Has a Power of Its Own: Conversations about A People's History (2019) 31 exemplaires, 2 critiques
Three Plays: The Political Theater of Howard Zinn: Emma, Marx in Soho, Daughter of Venus (2010) 29 exemplaires
A People's History of the United States, Vol. 1: American Beginnings to Reconstruction, Teaching Edition (2003) 27 exemplaires
The Pentagon Papers: Critical Essays: Volume Five (1971) — Directeur de publication — 16 exemplaires
Heroes & Martyrs: Emma Goldman, Sacco & Vanzetti and the Revolutionary Struggle (2001) 9 exemplaires, 1 critique
A Life of Activism: Howard Zinn in His Own Words -- Selected Writings for the Centennial 3 exemplaires
Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress: 1492-1992 2 exemplaires
A People's History of the United States 1 exemplaire
The New Abolitionists: SNCC 1 exemplaire
Storia popolare dell'impero americano. A fumetti 1 exemplaire
Eine Geschichte des amerikanischen Volkes. Band 1: Kolonialismus, Rassismus und die Macht des Geldes (2006) 1 exemplaire
The Conspiracy of Law 1 exemplaire
Estados Unidos. Por qué tener esperanzas en tiempos difíciles (Sediciones) (Spanish Edition) (1998) 1 exemplaire
The Case for Socialism (Updated Edition) 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
Everything You Know Is Wrong: The Disinformation Guide to Secrets and Lies (2002) — Contributeur — 986 exemplaires, 5 critiques
A People's History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation (2008) — Contributeur — 735 exemplaires, 23 critiques
You Are Being Lied To: The Disinformation Guide to Media Distortion, Historical Whitewashes, and Cultural Myths (2001) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 706 exemplaires, 3 critiques
Reporting Civil Rights, Part 1: American Journalism 1941-1963 (2003) — Contributeur — 237 exemplaires
Reporting Civil Rights, Part 2: American Journalism 1963-1973 (2003) — Contributeur — 217 exemplaires
Des mots pour agir : Contre les violences faites aux femmes : souvenirs, monologues, pamphlets et prières (2007) — Contributeur — 106 exemplaires, 1 critique
Life of an Anarchist: The Alexander Berkman Reader (1992) — Introduction, quelques éditions — 94 exemplaires
War No More: Three Centuries of American Antiwar and Peace Writing (2016) — Contributeur — 90 exemplaires, 1 critique
Take My Advice: Letters to the Next Generation from People Who Know a Thing or Two (2002) — Contributeur — 45 exemplaires
Twilight of Empire: Responses to Occupation (2004) — Avant-propos, quelques éditions — 26 exemplaires
Prescription for Survival: A Doctor's Journey to End Nuclear Madness (2008) — Avant-propos — 17 exemplaires
Democracy in Print: The best of the Progressive Magazine, 1909-2009 (2009) — Contributeur — 14 exemplaires
Transforming Teacher Unions : Fighting for Better Schools and Social Justice (1999) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Three American Radicals: John Swinton, Charles P. Steinmetz, and William Dean Howells (1991) — Avant-propos — 6 exemplaires
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- Nom canonique
- Zinn, Howard
- Nom légal
- Zinn, Howard
- Date de naissance
- 1922-08-24
- Date de décès
- 2010-01-27
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Etats-Unis
- Lieu de naissance
- Brooklyn, New York, Etats-Unis
- Lieu du décès
- Santa Monica, Californie, Etats-Unis
- Cause du décès
- heart attack
- Lieux de résidence
- Newton, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis
Auburndale, Massachusetts, Etats-Unis - Études
- New York University (BA|1951)
Columbia University (MA|1952|PhD|1958) - Professions
- Professeur (Histoire)
Historien - Relations
- Zinn, Jeff (Fils)
- Organisations
- Spelman College
Boston University
U.S. Army Air Corps - Prix et distinctions
- Thomas Merton Award
Eugene V. Debs Award
Lannan Literary Award (Nonfiction, 1998)
Upton Sinclair Award (1999)
Haven's Center Award for Lifetime Contribution to Critical Scholarship (2006) - Courte biographie
- Howard Zinn (August 24, 1922 – January 27, 2010) was an American historian, playwright, and socialist thinker. He was chair of the history and social sciences department at Spelman College, and a political science professor at Boston University. Zinn wrote over 20 books, including his best-selling and influential A People's History of the United States. In 2007, he published a version of it for younger readers, A Young People's History of the United States.
Zinn described himself as "something of an anarchist, something of a socialist. Maybe a democratic socialist." He wrote extensively about the Civil Rights Movement, the anti-war movement and labor history of the United States. His memoir, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train (Beacon Press, 2002), was also the title of a 2004 documentary about Zinn's life and work. Zinn died of a heart attack in 2010, at age 87.
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Si je parle ici d’une bande dessinée (avec Paul Buhle et Mike Konopacki au dessin) traduite au lieu du bouquin originel en anglais, c’est parce que Roboduck en a fait l’article sur son blog en termes suffisamment élogieux pour que le l’achète hier et que je lise dans la foulée (entre un crash aérien et une tornade; oui, j’aime bien regarder le disaster-porn dominical qu’est La minute de vérité). Vous allez rire: il avait raison.
Une histoire populaire de l’empire américain part d’un constat: depuis maintenant plus d’un siècle, la politique américaine est impérialiste, colonialiste et c’est une nation qui s’est construit sur des principes de violence, d’agression et de conquête. Michael Moore, avec l’aide des créateurs de South Park, en avait fait d’ailleurs une amusante démonstration dans Bowling for Columbine.
Bon, c’est une thèse qui, d’un point de vue d’historien, est légèrement orientée; Howard Zinn est un activiste de gauche, avec un solide bagage de luttes anti-guerre et anti-ségrégation. Cela dit, c’est clairement un historien et, même si la bande dessinée est un effort de vulgarisation d’un pavé de mille pages, on sent qu’il y a un vrai travail derrière et ce n’est pas une thèse lancée en l’air et parcourue de références aux complots des Chinois du FBI.
Du coup, Zinn offre un coup de projecteur salutaire sur un certain nombre de points de l’histoire américaine dont on ne parle pas à table ni même ailleurs – invasion de Cuba et des Philippines, brisage de grèves par des bandes armées, bombardement au napalm sur Royan en 1945, juste pour tester, etc. – et, du coup, sa démonstration a beau être clairement connotée gauchiste, elle a un poids académique certain.
C’est donc un ouvrage que je recommande volontiers à ceux qui s’intéressent à l’histoire du XXe siècle en générale, à celle des États-Unis en particulier et à un regard un peu différent sur une nation qui se définit comme une terre de libertés tout en n’ayant jamais cessé de piétiner celle des autres.… (plus d'informations)