| Howard Zinn is the famous American New Left historian,who’s representative book is The People’s History of the Unite States,with its fierce criticism of the spirit known.Zinn ’s historical theory inherited the relativism trend in American history and embodied his political ideal as a left activist.New-Left historians have often been criticized for trying to find evidence in favor of their own political critique from historical sources,thus lacking an overview of history,it also appears in Zinn’s history book.Howard Zinn’s attempt to re-write the history of the "people" of the United States,and absorb the new achievements in the field of history,using class,gender,and race as changed analysis tool.In the theory of history,his radical history re-proposed the proposition about historical pragmatism.Zinn’s historical works have gained extraordinary influence in the society,criticizing the study of fragmentary history and the "American Creed" with Anglo-Protestant white elitism behind.Although his narrative of American history has some errors,his progressive significance can not be denied. |
