Liberty, Equality, And Power: A History of the American People

by John M. Murrin, James M. McPherson, Paul E. Johnson

This is Volume To 1877 of LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER, Fourth Edition. LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER offers students a clear understanding of how America transformed itself, in a relatively short time, from a land inhabited by hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the most powerful industrial nation on earth. The authors promote this understanding by telling the story of America through the lens of three major liberty, equality, and power. This approach helps students understand not only the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are often associated with the American story, but also how dominant and subordinate groups have affected and been affected by the ever-shifting balance of power. This Fourth Edition retains the narrative clarity, unparalleled coverage, and thematic unity that are the hallmarks of LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER. It updates the text's proven ability to cover social and cultural history with such timely topics as globalization, the impact of science and technology, evolving roles for religion, and expands upon the text's extensively multicultural coverage. Backed by an ancillary package unmatched in this market, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER makes its thorough, memorable coverage equally accessible to students and instructors. It's available in the following volume LIBERTY, EQUALITY, A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Fourth Edition (Chapters 1-31) 0534627307 LIBERTY, EQUALITY, A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Volume To 1877, Fourth Edition (Chapters 1-17) 0534627315 LIBERTY, EQUALITY, A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Volume Since 1863, Fourth Edition (Chapters 17-31) 0534627323.

Genres: History

672 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2001

About the author

John M. Murrin, Ph.D. (Yale University; A.M., University of Notre Dame; B.A., College of St. Thomas), was Professor Emeritus of History at Princeton University, where he taught from 1973 to 2003. Previously he taught at Washington University in St. Louis.

A past president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, he was elected a fellow of the Society of American Historians and a member of the American Antiquarian Society.

Reviews

[Cameron (readsandwritesbyc) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’ve never counted a textbook towards my Reading Challenge, but we’re doing it this time!
I felt that this history textbook was very honest and unbiased when discussing major social and political themes in the early years of the United States, and its teachings have opened my eyes even more to the issues that are occurring in today’s world.

[Daniel · Rating 3 out of 5]

For a text book, it was okay. Kept things relatively interesting. My complaint is that towards the end, the organization was not conducive to what I needed from it. The book had several different sections going over the same time periods, but with a different focus in each section. As my projects required information in a short time from across all of these sections, I found this more than a little frustrating.

[Matt · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book. Read for college and was one of my favorite books used for class ever.

[Nicole · Rating 3 out of 5]

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