Includes bibliographical references and index.

Ch. 1. Columbus, the Indians, and human progress --
Ch. 2. Drawing the color line --
Ch. 3. Persons of mean and vile condition --
Ch. 4. Tyranny is tyranny --
Ch. 5. A kind of revolution --
Ch. 6. The intimately oppressed --
Ch. 7. As long as grass grows or water runs --
Ch. 8. We take nothing by conquest, thank God --
Ch. 9. Slavery without submission, emancipation without freedom --
Ch. 10. The other Civil War --
Ch. 11. Robber Barons and rebels --
Ch. 12. The empire and the people --
Ch. 13. The socialist challenge --
Ch. 14. War is the health of the state --
Ch. 15. Self-help in hard times --
Ch. 16. A people's war? --
Ch. 17. 'Or does it explode?' --
Ch. 18. The impossible victory: Vietnam --
Ch. 19. Surprises --
Ch. 20. The seventies: under control? --
Ch. 21. Carter-Reagan-Bush: The bipartisan consensus --
Ch. 22. The unreported resistance --
Ch. 23. The coming revolt of the guard --
Ch. 24. The Clinton presidency --
Ch. 25. The 2000 election and the "War on terrorism" --
Afterword.

Library Journal calls Howard Zinn's iconic A People's History of the United States "a brilliant and moving history of the American people from the point of view of those" whose plight has been largely omitted from most histories. Packed with vivid details and telling quotations, Zinn's award-winning classic continues to revolutionize the way American history is taught and remembered. Frequent appearances in popular media such as The Sopranos, The Simpsons, Good Will Hunting, and the History Channel documentary The People Speak testify to Zinn's ability to bridge the generation gap with enduring insights into the birth, development, and destiny of the nation.