A People’s History of the United States

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book history book non-fiction book revisionist history work

A People’s History of the United States is a landmark revisionist history book that retells American history from the perspective of marginalized and oppressed groups rather than political and economic elites.

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Label	Occurrences
A People’s History of the United States canonical	6
A People’s History of the United States: 1492–Present	1
A Young People’s History of the United States	1

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Target entity: A People’s History of the United States
Context triple: [Howard Zinn, notableWork, A People’s History of the United States]

A. A People’s History of American Empire
A People’s History of American Empire is a graphic history book that adapts Howard Zinn’s radical, bottom-up account of U.S. imperialism and foreign policy for a broad, visually driven audience.
B. Voices of Freedom
Voices of Freedom is a collection of antislavery poems by John Greenleaf Whittier that powerfully advocated for the abolitionist cause in 19th-century America.
C. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a collaborative volume edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain that presents 400 years of African American history through short essays and poems by a diverse group of writers.
D. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
"Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" is a National Book Award–winning work of nonfiction by Ibram X. Kendi that traces the origins, evolution, and impact of racist ideas throughout U.S. history.
E. The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: A People’s History of the United States
Target entity description: A People’s History of the United States is a landmark revisionist history book that retells American history from the perspective of marginalized and oppressed groups rather than political and economic elites.

A. A People’s History of American Empire
A People’s History of American Empire is a graphic history book that adapts Howard Zinn’s radical, bottom-up account of U.S. imperialism and foreign policy for a broad, visually driven audience.
B. Voices of Freedom
Voices of Freedom is a collection of antislavery poems by John Greenleaf Whittier that powerfully advocated for the abolitionist cause in 19th-century America.
C. Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019
Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619–2019 is a collaborative volume edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain that presents 400 years of African American history through short essays and poems by a diverse group of writers.
D. Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America
"Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America" is a National Book Award–winning work of nonfiction by Ibram X. Kendi that traces the origins, evolution, and impact of racist ideas throughout U.S. history.
E. The American Empire Project
The American Empire Project is a book series that critically examines U.S. foreign policy, militarism, and global dominance from a left-leaning, often anti-imperialist perspective.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	book ⓘ history book ⓘ non-fiction book ⓘ revisionist history work ⓘ
author	Howard Zinn ⓘ
contrastsWith	traditional elite-centered histories of the United States ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
criticizedFor	perceived ideological bias ⓘ selective use of sources ⓘ
firstEditionPageCount	729 ⓘ
focusesOn	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African Americans Native Americans ⓘ immigrants ⓘ poor and working-class people ⓘ women ⓘ workers ⓘ
genre	history ⓘ political non-fiction ⓘ
hasAdaptation	American Experience ⓘ surface form: A People’s History of the United States television documentary
hasChapterOn	Columbus’s arrival in the Americas ⓘ New Deal ⓘ surface form: Great Depression and New Deal U.S. imperialism ⓘ World War II and its domestic impact ⓘ social movements of the 1960s and 1970s ⓘ
hasDerivativeWork	A People’s History of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: A Young People’s History of the United States Voices of a People’s History of the United States ⓘ
includesEvent	American Revolutionary era ⓘ surface form: American Revolution American Civil War ⓘ surface form: Civil War European colonization of the Americas ⓘ Vietnam War ⓘ civil rights movement ⓘ labor movements in the United States ⓘ
influencedBy	New Left historiography ⓘ
ISBN	978-0-06-083865-2 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
mediaType	print ⓘ
notableFor	bottom-up approach to American history ⓘ critical view of U.S. government policies ⓘ
originalPublisher	Harper & Row ⓘ
perspective	marginalized groups in the United States ⓘ oppressed groups in the United States ⓘ
politicalOrientation	left-wing ⓘ
praisedFor	giving voice to marginalized historical actors ⓘ popularizing social history ⓘ
publicationYear	1980 ⓘ
subject	history of the United States ⓘ
timePeriodCovered	1492–present ⓘ
usedAs	supplementary text in college courses ⓘ supplementary text in high school courses ⓘ

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Howard Zinn → notableWork → A People’s History of the United States ⓘ

Howard Zinn → authorOf → A People’s History of the United States ⓘ

this entity surface form: A People’s History of the United States: 1492–Present

South End Press → hasNotableWork → A People’s History of the United States ⓘ

A People’s History of the United States → hasDerivativeWork → A People’s History of the United States self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: A Young People’s History of the United States

You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train → relatedWork → A People’s History of the United States ⓘ

Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology → relatedWork → A People’s History of the United States ⓘ

The Politics of History → relatedWork → A People’s History of the United States ⓘ

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