Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York on August 24th, 1922 and passed away at the age of 87 on January 27th, 2010.

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Howard Zinn Stats: The highest rated book by Howard Zinn on Book Notification is A People's History of the United States, a Non-Fiction book.

The most read book by Howard Zinn on Book Notification is A People's History of the United States, a Non-Fiction book. The second most read book is Voices of a People's History of the United States, a Non-Fiction book.

Below is a complete list of Howard Zinn books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series.

List of Non-Fiction Books in Publication Order

Ranked by popularity, the top non-fiction books are A People's History of the United States, You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train, and A Young People's History of the United States.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
La Guardia in Congress
1959
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2
The Southern Mystique
1962
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3
Vietnam: The Logic of Withdrawal
1967
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4
Disobedience and Democracy
1968
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5
The Politics of History
1970
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6
The Pentagon Papers: Critical Essays (With: Noam Chomsky)
1972
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7
Justice in Everyday Life
1974
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8
Justice? Eyewitness Accounts
1977
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9
8.7
A People's History of the United States
1980
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10
SNCC: The New Abolitionists
1985
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11
Declarations of Independence
1990
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12
Failure to Quit
1993
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13
You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
1994
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14
Hiroshima: Breaking the Silence
1995
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15
The Zinn Reader
1997
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16
The Future of History (With: David Barsamian)
1999
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17
Marx in Soho: A Play on History
1999
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18
Howard Zinn on War
2000
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19
Howard Zinn on History
2000
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20
Three Strikes (With: Robin D.G. Kelley, Dana Frank)
2001
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21
Emma: A Play in Two Acts About Emma Goldman
2002
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22
Terrorism and War
2002
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23
The Power of Nonviolence
2002
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24
The Twentieth Century: A People's History
2003
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25
Artists in Times of War
2003
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26
A People's History of American Empire
2003
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27
Passionate Declarations
2003
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28
A People's History of the United States: The Civil War to the Present (With: Kathy Emery)
2003
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29
The People Speak
2004
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30
Howard Zinn on Democratic Education
2004
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31
8
Voices of a People's History of the United States (With: Anthony Arnove)
2004
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32
Original Zinn
2006
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33
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
2006
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34
The Bomb
2010
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35
The Historic Unfulfilled Promise
2012
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36
Howard Zinn Speaks
2012
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37
Truth Has a Power of Its Own
2022
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38
A Young People's History of the United States (With: Rebecca Stefoff)
2022
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List of American Empire Project Books in Publication Order

Examines U.S. power, its global impact, and the consequences of military and economic dominance through critical analysis by leading scholars.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
10
Blowback
2000
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2
Hegemony or Survival
2003
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3
A People's History of American Empire
2003
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4
10
The Sorrows of Empire
2003
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5
Crusade
2004
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6
Blood and Oil
2004
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7
Imperial Ambitions
2005
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8
Dilemmas of Domination
2005
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9
Empire's Workshop
2006
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10
A Question of Torture
2006
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11
Failed States
2006
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12
10
Nemesis
2007
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13
What We Say Goes
2007
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14
The Complex
2008
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15
Ain't My America
2008
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16
10
The Limits of Power
2008
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17
10
Washington Rules
2010
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18
10
Dismantling the Empire
2010
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19
10
Kill Anything That Moves
2011
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20
Power Systems
2012
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21
10
Breach of Trust
2013
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22
8
Who Rules the World?
2014
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23
No Good Men Among the Living
2014
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24
Base Nation
2015
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25
Global Discontents
2017
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26
After the Apocalypse
2021
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List of American Heritage Books in Publication Order

Offers critical, research-backed perspectives on U.S. history and politics, highlighting overlooked viewpoints.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
9
Social Thought of Jane Addams (By: Jane Addams)
1965
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2
New Deal Thought
1966
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3
Freedom of the Press from Zenger to Jefferson (By: Leonard W. Levy)
1966
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4
Nonviolence in America: A Documentary History, revised edition (By: Staughton Lynd)
1966
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5
The South Since Reconstruction, (By: Thomas D. Clark)
1973
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6
8
The Political Writings of John Adams: Representative Selections (By: George A. Peek)
2003
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List of City Lights Open Media Books in Publication Order

Essays on U.S. history, foreign policy, and racism, from dissident voices.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
A Power Governments Cannot Suppress
2006
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2
Interventions (By: Noam Chomsky)
2007
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3
Between Barack and a Hard Place (By: Tim Wise)
2009
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4
Colorblind (By: Tim Wise)
2010
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5
The Bomb
2010
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6
Crossing Zero (By: Paul Fitzgerald)
2011
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7
To Die in Mexico (By: John Gibler)
2011
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8
10
Dear White America (By: Tim Wise)
2012
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9
Redefining Black Power (By: Joanne Griffith)
2012
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10
Making the Future (By: Noam Chomsky)
2012
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11
Crusade 2.0 (By: John Feffer)
2012
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12
Occupy the Economy (By: Richard D. Wolff)
2012
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13
The Historic Unfulfilled Promise
2012
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14
The Meaning of Freedom (By: Angela Y. Davis)
2012
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15
The Black History of the White House (By: Clarence Lusane)
2013
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16
8
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave, Written by Himself (By: Frederick Douglass)
2013
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17
Dying to Live (By: Joseph Nevins)
2013
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18
Border Patrol Nation (By: Todd Miller)
2014
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19
The Violence of Organized Forgetting (By: Henry A. Giroux)
2014
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20
Disposable Futures (By: Henry A. Giroux, Brad Evans)
2015
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21
Writing on the Wall (By: Mumia Abu-Jamal)
2015
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22
Because We Say So (By: Noam Chomsky, Henry A. Giroux)
2015
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23
Learning to Die in the Anthropocene (By: Roy Scranton)
2015
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24
Under the Affluence (By: Tim Wise)
2015
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25
America at War with Itself (By: Robin D.G. Kelley, Henry A. Giroux)
2016
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26
Breaking Through Power (By: Ralph Nader)
2016
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27
Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? (By: Mumia Abu-Jamal)
2017
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28
Storming the Wall (By: Todd Miller)
2017
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29
I Couldn't Even Imagine That They Would Kill Us (By: John Gibler)
2017
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30
8
Loaded (By: Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz)
2018
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31
American Nightmare (By: Henry A. Giroux, George Yancy)
2018
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32
United States of Distraction (By: Nolan Higdon)
2018
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33
Torn from the World (By: John Gibler)
2018
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34
Violence (By: Natasha Lennard)
2018
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35
Death Blossoms (By: Cornel West, Mumia Abu-Jamal)
2019
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36
A Short History of Presidential Election Crises: (By: Hirsch Alan)
2020
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37
No Fascist USA! (By: Robin D.G. Kelley, James Tracy)
2020
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38
The Green New Deal and Beyond (By: Stan Cox)
2020
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39
ReTargeting Iran (By: Noam Chomsky, David Barsamian, Ervand Abrahamian, Trita Parsi, Azadeh Moaveni, Nader Hashemi)
2020
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40
Dispatches from the Race War (By: Tim Wise)
2020
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41
Build Bridges, Not Walls (By: Todd Miller)
2021
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42
Rising Up (By: Sonali Kolhatkar)
2023
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43
Women Who Change the World (By: Lynn Marie Lewis)
2023
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List of Nation Books in Publication Order

Gives voice to passionate witnesses and dissenting journalism on urgent controversies.

ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Los Gusanos (By: John Sayles)
1991
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2
The Best of The Nation (By: Victor Navasky, vanden Heuvel, Katrina)
2000
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3
The Betrayal of America (By: Vincent Bugliosi)
2001
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4
Dreaming War (By: Gore Vidal)
2002
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5
Unsustainable (By: Eamonn Fingleton)
2003
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6
The Red and the Blacklist (By: Norma Barzman)
2003
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7
Napoleon's Glance (By: William Duggan)
2003
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8
Shaking the Foundations (By: Pete Hamill, Bruce Shapiro)
2003
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9
A Prayer for America (By: Dennis Kucinich)
2003
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10
Taking Back America (By: Katrina Vanden Heuvel, Robert L. Borosage)
2004
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11
A Hole in the World (By: Jonathan Schell)
2004
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12
The Truth About Camp David (By: Clayton E. Swisher)
2004
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13
Silver City and Other Screenplays (By: John Sayles)
2004
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14
The Good, the Bad and the Dolce Vita (By: Norman Mailer, Mickey Knox)
2004
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15
Murdered by Capitalism (By: John Ross)
2004
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16
Imperial America (By: Gore Vidal)
2004
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17
Killed (By: David Wallis)
2004
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18
Love, Poverty, and War (By: Christopher Hitchens)
2004
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19
The High Times Reader (By: Ann Nocenti, Paul Krassner, Ruth Baldwin)
2004
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20
Deserter from Death (With: Daniel Singer)
2005
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21
Blood, Class and Empire (By: Christopher Hitchens)
2009
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22
Genocide of the Mind (By: Vine Deloria Jr.)
2009
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List of Howard Zinn Anthologies in Publication Order

#ReadTitle Avg.YearBook Link
1
Louder than Bombs: Interviews from The Progressive Magazine
2004
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2
Dedicated to the People of Darfur
2009
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3
Hope Beneath Our Feet
2010
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4
Coming of Age in a Hardscrabble World
2019
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Howard Zinn

Howard Zinn was born on August 24th, 1922. Howard passed away January 27th, 2010 at 87 years old. Howard Zinn was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York.

Howard Zinn has written 38 Non-Fiction Books. The first was released in 1959 with the book La Guardia in Congress. The most recently released was A Young People's History of the United States which was released in 2022.

Howard Zinn also wrote the City Lights Open Media series which has 43 books including A Power Governments Cannot Suppress and Interventions .

Howard Zinn: Lists & Other Mentions

  • A People's History of the United States was a Reader's Digest: 50 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time Selection in 2024 and a Parade: The 75 Best Books of the Past 75 Years Selection in 2016.

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Howard Zinn: F.A.Q

When was Howard Zinn Born?

Howard Zinn was born on August 24th, 1922.

When did Howard Zinn die?

Howard Zinn died on January 27th, 2010 at 87 years old.

Where was Howard Zinn Born?

Howard Zinn was born in Brooklyn, New York, New York, .

What was the first book Howard Zinn wrote?

The first book written by Howard Zinn was La Guardia in Congress, published in 1959.

What was the most recent book Howard Zinn wrote?

Their most recently released work was A Young People's History of the United States on September 6th, 2022.

What is the most popular book by Howard Zinn?

Based on the number of readers on Book Notification, the most popular Howard Zinn book is A People's History of the United States. Here are their most popular books:
  1. A People's History of the United States (8.67)
  2. Voices of a People's History of the United States (8)

How many books has Howard Zinn written?

Howard Zinn has written 40 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 38 Non-Fiction Books, 1 book in the American Empire Project Series, 1 book in the American Heritage Series, 3 books in the City Lights Open Media Series, 1 book in the Nation Series.

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