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Curmudgeoness

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12. Which is why I just hated History classes

Reply to RoccoR5955 (Reply #10)

Sun Apr 27, 2014, 05:39 PM

Apr 2014

until I got to college. Then I found that it really could be interesting when they talked about the bad as well as the good, and the effects of policy instead of just what happened when.

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A People's History Of The United States - by Howard Zinn - FREE READ! [View all] L0oniX Apr 2014 OP

Damn. Just bought a hard copy, decided I wanted Ed Suspicious Apr 2014 #1

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Thank you, L0oniX! Octafish Apr 2014 #4

...and if they thought like that and did that back then how much more of that do we have now? L0oniX Apr 2014 #14

If you have not read this book, it is mandatory reading. Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #5

He authorized the Zinn Project lovemydog Apr 2014 #7

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Which is why I just hated History classes Curmudgeoness Apr 2014 #12

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k&r thanks for posting. nm rhett o rick Apr 2014 #15

It is certainly a different perspective yallerdawg Apr 2014 #16

He also thought that mass protesting was necessary to change things. L0oniX Apr 2014 #18

This book should be mandatory reading in every school IMO. < Won't be though, yes? So how to get it jtuck004 Apr 2014 #17

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