| | ::Zinn is stuck in 1950, methodologically, and does not appreciate the scholarship of the last 4 decades in the "new" intellectual, political, economic, diplomatic, military, cultural or social history. His "newest" ideas is that workers--and also blacks, Indians, and women--are victims of capitalism, a stock notion of the 1930s regarding workers. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 09:33, 23 March 2009 (EDT) | | ::Zinn is stuck in 1950, methodologically, and does not appreciate the scholarship of the last 4 decades in the "new" intellectual, political, economic, diplomatic, military, cultural or social history. His "newest" ideas is that workers--and also blacks, Indians, and women--are victims of capitalism, a stock notion of the 1930s regarding workers. [[User:RJJensen|RJJensen]] 09:33, 23 March 2009 (EDT) |
| | :::Thanks for the clarification. I'm making a minor edit to your update to the page, but that's purely to make what I think is better phrasing. Incidentally, I've read People's History -- its provocative, as was its intention, but its ultimately foolishness. [[User:ArthurA|ArthurA]] 10:28, 23 March 2009 (EDT) | | :::Thanks for the clarification. I'm making a minor edit to your update to the page, but that's purely to make what I think is better phrasing. Incidentally, I've read People's History -- its provocative, as was its intention, but its ultimately foolishness. [[User:ArthurA|ArthurA]] 10:28, 23 March 2009 (EDT) |