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Title: The Future of History: Interviews With David Barsamian by Howard Zinn, David Barsamian ISBN: 1-56751-157-0 Publisher: Common Courage Press Pub. Date: 01 August, 1999 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: A good, quick read.....
Comment: As the other reviewer mentioned, this is a good, quick book for those slightly interested in Zinn but without the time or energy to devote to reading one of his books.... not that it is near an adequate substitute....
These interviews are interesting not so much for what they contain regarding Zinn's ideas as for an insight into how he came to them. This is another book that I would read in a bookstore (if that option is available) rather than buy because, really, it doesn't contain that much information that you'd need to have it at home on a shelf to quote. If such is your desire, get 'A People's History' or 'Declarations of Independence'.
Rating: 3
Summary: Good reading while waiting in an airport...
Comment: The interview style presented here occasionally makes one cringe. E.g., David Barsamian's admission that he does NY Times crossword puzzles, and his hope that Zinn doesn't hold it against him come as treacly. Another example is Zinn's comparisons of himself with Chomsky. Although perhaps in the original radio interviews these sounded funny, they really make Zinn come across as an alienated armchair Marxist from time to time. And that's too bad, because there's a lot of good stuff in this book.
It's a good, quick read, with some nice historical tidbits thrown in. It's interesting in presenting facets of Zinn's personal life, but of course, the main attraction of Zinn is his take on history.
I DO think though he's underestimated the internet- I personally think that here, the rats have taken over the laboratory, and that's the way it'll be.
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Title: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times by Howard Zinn ISBN: 0807071277 Publisher: Beacon Press Pub. Date: 01 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $15.00 |
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Title: Imperial America : Reflections on the United States of Amnesia by Gore Vidal ISBN: 1560255854 Publisher: Thunder's Mouth, Nation Books Pub. Date: 10 May, 2004 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Hegemony or Survival: America's Quest for Global Dominance (The American Empire Project) by Noam Chomsky ISBN: 0805074007 Publisher: Metropolitan Books Pub. Date: 04 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.00 |
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Title: The Island at the Center of the World : The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan, the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America by RUSSELL SHORTO ISBN: 0385503490 Publisher: Doubleday Pub. Date: 16 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties by Craig Unger ISBN: 074325337X Publisher: Scribner Pub. Date: 16 March, 2004 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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