Doing History from the Bottom Up
Staughton Lynd talked about his book Doing History from the Bottom Up: On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement from… read more
Staughton Lynd talked about his book Doing History from the Bottom Up: On E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and Rebuilding the Labor Movement from Below, in which he argues the importance of writing about history from the point of view of those whose voices are normally marginalized. In his book, he profiles historians such as E.P. Thompson, Howard Zinn, and David Montgomery, who approached history this way. close
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Staughton Lynd Author
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Charles McCollester Professor (Former) Indiana University of Pennsylvania->Employment and Labor Relations Department
- Robin Sowards Adjunct Instructor Duquesne University->English Department
- Mark Weber Author
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