Bibliography

This list provides an overview of books, adaptations, and other works by Howard Zinn with links to the publisher.

Books by Howard Zinn

La Guardia in Congress
Cornell University Press, 1959; Fall Creek Books, 2010

SNCC: The New Abolitionists
Beacon Press, 1964; South End Press, 2002; Haymarket Books, 2013

The Southern Mystique
Knopf, 1964; South End Press, 2002; Haymarket Books, 2013

Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal
Beacon Press, 1967; South End Press, 2002; Haymarket Books, 2013

Disobedience and Democracy: Nine Fallacies on Law and Order
Vintage, 1968; South End Press, 2002; Haymarket Books, 2013

The Politics of History
Beacon Press, 1970; University of Illinois Press, 1990

Postwar America: 1945–1971
Bobbs-Merrill, 1973; South End Press, 2002; Haymarket Books, 2013

Justice in Everyday Life: The Way It Really Works
Beacon Press, 1977; South End Press, 2002; Haymarket Books, 2013

A People’s History of the United States: 1492–Present
Harper & Rowe, 1980; multiple updates

The Twentieth Century: A People’s History
HarperCollins, 1984; updated 2003

Declarations of Independence: Cross-Examining American Ideology
Harper Perennial, 1990

Failure to Quit: Reflections of an Optimistic Historian
Common Courage Press, 1993; South End Press, 1999; Haymarket Books, 2013

You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train: A Personal History of Our Times
Beacon Press, 1994; 2002; 2018

The Zinn Reader: Writings on Disobedience and Democracy
Seven Stories Press, 1997; updated in 2009

Marx in Soho: A Play on History
South End Press, 1999; Haymarket Books, 2013

The Future of History
Common Courage Press, 1999

La otra historia de los Estados Unidos
Translated by Toni Strubel • Seven Stories Press, 2001; updated in 2011

Howard Zinn on History
Seven Stories Press, 2001; updated 2013

Howard Zinn on War
Seven Stories Press, 2001; updated 2013

Three Strikes: Miners, Musicians, Salesgirls, and the Fighting Spirit of Labor’s Last Century
Beacon Press, 2001

Terrorism and War
Seven Stories Press, 2002

Emma
South End Press, 2002; Haymarket Books, 2013

Artists in Times of War and Other Essays
Seven Stories Press, 2003

Passionate Declarations: Essays on War and Justice
HarperCollins, 2003

The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known
Dramatic Readings Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of Dissent
HarperCollins, 2004

Howard Zinn on Democratic Education
Paradigm Publishers, 2004

Voices of a People’s History of the United States
Seven Stories Press, 2004; updated 2014.

Original Zinn: Conversations on History and Politics
Harper Perennial, 2006

Just War
Charta/Distributed Art Publisher, 2006

A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
City Lights Publishers, 2007

The Unraveling of the Bush Presidency
Seven Stories Press, 2007

The State of the Union: Notes on an Obama Administration
Back Bay Books, 2009

Uncommon Sense from the Writings of Howard Zinn
Paradigm Publishers, 2009

The Bomb
City Lights Publishers, 2010

Three Plays: The Political Theater of Howard Zinn: Emma, Marx in Soho, Daughter of Venus
Beacon Press, 2010

Howard Zinn on Race
Seven Stories Press, 2011

The Other Civil War: Slavery and Struggle in Civil War America
HarperCollins, 2011

The Indispensable Zinn: The Essential Writings of the “People’s Historian”
The New Press, 2011

The Historic Unfulfilled Promise
City Lights Publishers, 2012

Howard Zinn Speaks: Collected Speeches 1963-2009
Haymarket Books, 2012

Some Truths Are Not Self-Evident: Essays in The Nation on Civil Rights, Vietnam, and “The War on Terror”
The Nation Company, 2014

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Films and Recordings

Video
Howard Zinn: You Can’t Be Neutral on a Moving Train
By Deb Ellis and Denis Mueller • First Run Features, 2004

The People Speak
By Anthony Arnove, Chris Moore, and Howard Zinn • Voices of a People’s History, 2009

Theory and Practice: Conversations with Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn
Interviewed by Sasha Lilley • PM Press, 2010

Audio
A People’s History of the United States
A Lecture at Reed College
AK Press, 2001

Heroes and Martyrs
Emma Goldman, Sacco & Vanzetti, and the Revolutionary Struggle
AK Press, 2001

Stories Hollywood Never Tells
AK Press, 2001

Artists in a Time of War
AK Press, 2002

The People’s History Project
AK Press, 2004

War and Civil Disobedience
PM Press, 2010

1492-1992: The Legacy of Columbus
PM Press, 2011

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Adaptations of Zinn’s Work

Books and Posters
A People’s History of the United States
Volume I: American Beginnings to Reconstruction
The New Press, 2003

A People’s History of the United States
Volume II: The Civil War to the Present
The New Press, 2003

A People’s History of the United States (Volumes I and II)
Abridged Teaching Edition
The New Press, 2003

A People’s History of the United States (Poster Set)
The Wall Charts
Adapted by George Kirschner • The New Press, 2007

Teaching with Voices of a People’s History of the United States
By Gayle Olson-Raymer • Seven Stories Press, 2006

A Young People’s History of the United States, Volume 1: Columbus to the Spanish-American War
Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff • Seven Stories Press, 2007

A Young People’s History of the United States, Volume 2: Class Struggle to the War on Terror
Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff • Seven Stories Press, 2007

A People’s History of American Empire
Adapted by Paul Buhle and Mike Konopacki • Metropolitan Book, 2008

A Young People’s History of the United States
Adapted by Rebecca Stefoff • Seven Stories Press, 2009

Howard Zinn’s Southern Diary: Sit-Ins, Civil Rights, and Black Women’s Student Activism
By Robert Cohen • University of Georgia Press, 2018

 

Audio and Video
The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known (Audio)
HarperAudio, 2004

A People’s History of the United States (Audio)
Highlights from the 20th Century
Read by Matt Damon • HarperAudio, 2004

Readings from Voices of a People’s History of the United States (DVD)
AK Press, 2005

Readings From Voices of A People’s History of the United States (Audio  –OUT OF PRINT)
Seven Stories Press, 2006

A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present (Unabridged-Audio)
Read by Jeff Zinn • HarperAudio, 2009

Marx in Soho (Audio)
A Play on History
Performed by Brian Jones • Haymarket Books, 2010

A Young People’s History of the United States (Audio)
Read by Jeff Zinn • Audible Studios, 2014

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