- Paperback
- Publisher: Beacon Press
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0807071277
- ISBN-13: 978-0807071274
- Product Dimensions: 15.3 x 1.4 x 22.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 340 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #1,393,952 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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4.0 out of 5 stars
An inspiring read,
By Mark Klobas (Tempe, AZ, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times (Paperback)
As any reader of his famous "People's History of the United States" knows, Howard Zinn never ceases to challenge the dominant orthodoxies of history. In this book, Zinn demonstrates how he embodied this effort in his own life, from his time as a teacher at a black women's college in Georgia and his involvement in the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, though his protests against the Vietnam War to his years opposing John Sibler at Boston UniversityThe result is an inspiring read, though one marred by the odd organization of the book. By choosing to focus on the campaigns he waged against the problems he encountered, Zinn provides less a traditional autobiography than an account of his public career. As a result, the reader is left to piece together the narrative of Zinn's life, which can be frustrating when seeking to understand how he became such a fervent activist to begin with. This is the only complaint with what is otherwise a passionate account of how one person can make a difference in the times in which he lives.
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Uplifting,
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This review is from: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times (Paperback)
The title of this book just about says it all. Zinn teaches us to think positive. The tiniest acts of protest, he writes..."may become the invisble roots of social change." This book focues on the civil rights movement in the south and the Vietnam war. Zinn weaves his own personal experience into history and provides a glaring account of events. In essence, Zinn trains us to deal with the moral dilemmas that are presented every day. Everyone is capable of change, Zinn concludes. This book is uplifting.
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Applied History 101: Knowledge and Action,
By J.W.K (Nagano, Japan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times (Paperback)
Again Zinn has brought us to the taproot of all history and knowledge: first-person experience. And Zinn's experiences are amazing! Never a dull moment. He is a breath of fresh air for anyone who thought history and historians were synoymous with dusty tombs and boring record-keeping. As Zinn will show you, history is not only about transmitting an honest story of the past to future generations, it's also about taking action. Read this book, and you will never feel like being the neutral bystander again!
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