Zinnophobia: The Battle Over History in Education, Politics, and Scholarship

The Battle Over History in Education, Politics, and ScholarshipZinnophobia offers an extended defense of the work of radical historian Howard Zinn, author of the bestselling A People’s History of the United States, against his many critics. It includes a discussion of the attempt to ban Zinn’s book from Indiana classrooms; a brief summary of Zinn’s life and work; an analysis of Zinn’s theorizing about bias and objectivity in history; and a detailed response to twenty-five of Zinn’s most hostile critics, many of whom are (or were) eminent historians. ‘A major contribution to bringing Zinn’s great contributions to even broader public attention, and exposing features of intellectual and political culture that are of no little interest.’ Noam ChomskyZinnophobia: The Battle Over History in Education, Politics, and Scholarship is written by David Detmer and published by Zero Books. ISBNs for Zinnophobia are 9781785356797, 1785356798 and the print ISBNs are 9781785356780, 178535678X.