I’m a 21-year-old guy and since they unfortunately didn’t teach us about American history in school I wanna learn it all on my own from the beginning to the present.
I’m really looking forward to a deep dive to not only understand American history better but also to get a better grasp of the culture, people, economics, politics and social aspects that influenced America to become what it is now.
I was wondering what the best ways and resources are to do this. Maybe someone can recommend some good media resources. It doesn’t matter what it is, it could be books, videos, podcasts, documentaries, documents, articles, movies and so on.
I’m open for everything :)
Zinn will do as an intro, and anyone reading that first will have an easier time seeing through other history telling when and if they fall short.
I thought Zinn was not completely accurate, may be mildly confusing if no historical context , and ends decades before now: but definitely beats out the half mythological dreck taught to millions of hapless newcomers and school children