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LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER offers students a clear, concise 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 themes: 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 Concise Fourth Edition 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 multicultural coverage. It continues to offer strong pedagogical tools including "History Through Film" to help draw students into the material and show the relevance of history to their own lives. Backed by an ancillary package unmatched in this market, including HistoryNOW (part of the CengageNOW suite of teaching and learning products), LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER is available in the following volume splits: *LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, CONCISE EDITION (Chapters 1-31),
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"...Liberty, Equality, Power allows me to provide a highly readable text, from a team of top-flight scholars, at a price that meets my students' budgets."
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"I...have found [the authors'] writing lucid, cogent, and readily accessible to students. They do not condescend to, nor patronize, their readers while consistently delivering timely scholarship in a highly readable format."
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"History Through Film: I LOVE THIS!!! Anything multimedia, in particular movies are a great addition to teaching modern students."
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"àthe text's greatest strengths are its breadth of coverage on important aspects of social history, especially in terms of race/ethnicity. I like that the text provides enough political/economic history to satisfy more traditional survey courses without neglecting the current trends in race/class/gender coverage."
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"This is one of the best texts on the market right now for a couple of reasons. First, it is one of the few textbooks that actually address cultural, political, and social history. Lastly, even though it is a concise edition, it does a wonderful job of including the most important themes, events, people, etc from all of the above fields while keeping the narrative flow."
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"My students tell me that they read this book and that they enjoy reading it. And many of my students are not readers. The design and the coverage make it one of the best textbooks on the market."
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"The authors have created a text that balances the current trends in historical scholarship with the traditional narrative style that has the greatest impact on college students. People long dead come alive in Liberty, Equality, and Power"
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LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, CONCISE 5e, offers readers a clear, concise 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 themes: liberty, equality, and power. This approach helps users 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.
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LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, CONCISE 5e, offers readers a clear, concise 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 themes: liberty, equality, and power. This approach helps users 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.
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See first-hand how the interplay of various forces shaped today's U.S. nation and its people into the powerhouse it is today. LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER, ENHANCED CONCISE EDITION, 4E shows you how to use the maps, images, and charts in the book to give you an edge in your study of history. A brief introduction to the text -- "Studying from Primary Source Materials" -- reveals some of the tricks to uncovering the past that your instructor wants you to know. "Discovery" sections, at the end of every chapter, assist you in practicing these skills, which will help you connect the text's themes and excel in your course. This leading, balanced presentation of political and social history comes to life with the help of award-winning, top-level authors, including pre-eminent colonial historian John Murrin, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson. LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER: ENHANCED CONCISE EDITION, 4E emphasizes liberty, equality, and power for a three-dimensional journey as you experience the transformation of America from a land inhabited by hunter-gatherers and agricultural Native Americans into the most powerful industrial nation on earth.
About the Author
John M. Murrin studies American colonial and revolutionary history and the early republic. He has edited one multivolume series and five books, including two essay collections, COLONIAL AMERICA: ESSAYS IN POLITICS AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, Sixth Edition (2010), and SAINTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES: ESSAYS IN EARLY AMERICAN HISTORY (1984). His own essays range from ethnic tensions, the early history of trial by jury, the emergence of the legal profession, and the political culture of the colonies and the new nation, to the rise of professional baseball and college football in the 19th century. He served as president of the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic in 1998-99.A specialist in early national social history, Paul E. Johnson is the author of THE EARLY AMERICAN REPUBLIC, 1789-1829 (2006); SAM PATCH, THE FAMOUS JUMPER (2003); A SHOPKEEPERS MILLENNIUM: SOCIETY AND REVIVALS IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, 1815-1837, 25th Anniversary Edition (2004); co-author (with Sean Wilentz) of THE KINGDOM OF MATTHIAS: SEX AND SALVATION IN 19TH-CENTURY AMERICA (1994); and editor of AFRICAN-AMERICAN CHRISTIANITY: ESSAYS IN HISTORY (1994). He was awarded the Merle Curti Prize of the Organization of American Historians (1980), the Richard P. McCormack Prize of the New Jersey Historical Association (1989), and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities (1985-1986), the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation (1995), the Gilder Lehrman Institute (2001) and the National Endowment for the Humanities We the People Fellowship (2006-2007).James M. McPherson is a distinguished Civil War historian. He won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for his book BATTLE CRY OF FREEDOM: THE CIVIL WAR ERA. His other publications include MARCHING TOWARD FREEDOM: BLACKS IN THE CIVIL WAR, Second Edition, (1991); ORDEAL BY FIRE: THE CIVIL WAR AND RECONSTRUCTION, Third Edition, (2001); ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND THE SECOND AMERICAN REVOLUTION (1991); FOR CAUSE AND COMRADES: WHY MEN FOUGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR (1997), which won the Lincoln Prize in 1998; CROSSROADS OF FREEDOM: ANTIETAM (2002); HALLOWED GROUND: A WALK AT GETTYSBURG (2003); and TRIED BY WAR: ABRAHAM LINCOLN AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF (2008), which won the Lincoln Prize for 2009. Professor McPherson served as president of the American Historical Association (2003-2004).Gary Gerstle is the James G. Stahlman Professor of American History at Vanderbilt University. A historian of the twentieth-century United States, he is the author, co-author, and co-editor of six books, and the author of more than thirty articles. His books include WORKING-CLASS AMERICANISM: THE POLITICS OF LABOR IN A TEXTILE CITY, 1914?1960 (1989); AMERICAN CRUCIBLE: RACE AND NATION IN THE TWENTIETH CENTURY (2001), winner of the Saloutos Prize for the best work in immigration and ethnic history; THE RISE AND FALL OF THE NEW DEAL ORDER, 1930?1980 (1989); and RULING AMERICA: WEALTH AND POWER IN A DEMOCRACY (2005). He has served on the board of editors of both the JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY and the AMERICAN HISTORICAL REVIEW. His honors include a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship, a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship, and membership in the Society of American Historians.Emily Rosenberg specializes in U.S. foreign relations in the 20th century and is the author of SPREADING THE AMERICAN DREAM: AMERICAN ECONOMIC AND CULTURAL EXPANSION, 1890-1945 (1982); FINANCIAL MISSIONARIES TO THE WORLD: THE POLITICS AND CULTURE OF DOLLAR DIPLOMACY (1999), which won the Ferrell Senior Book Award; and A DATE WHICH WILL LIVE: PEARL HARBOR IN AMERICAN MEMORY (2004). Her other publications include (with Norman L. Rosenberg) IN OUR TIMES: AMERICA SINCE 1945, Seventh Edition (2003), and numerous articles dealing with foreign relations in the context of international finance, American culture, and gender ideology. She has served on the board of the Organization of American Historians, on the board of editors of the JOURNAL OF AMERICAN HISTORY, and as president of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations.
Table of Contents
17. RECONSTRUCTION, 1863-1877. Wartime Reconstruction. Andrew Johnson and Reconstruction. The Advent of Congressional Reconstruction. The Impeachment of Andrew Johnson. The Grant Administration. History Through Film: Birth of a Nation. The Retreat from Reconstruction. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 18. FRONTIERS OF CHANGE, POLITICS OF STALEMATE, 1865-1890. Agencies of Westward Expansion. The Last Indian Frontier. The New South. The Politics of Stalemate. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 19. ECONOMIC CHANGE AND THE CRISIS OF THE 1890s. Economic Growth. The American Middle Class. History Through Film: The Molly Maguires. Labor Strife. Farmers' Movements. The Rise and Fall of the People's Party. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 20. AN INDUSTRIAL SOCIETY, 1890-1920. Sources of Economic Growth. "Robber Barons" No More. Obsession with Physical and Racial Fitness. Immigration. Building Ethnic Communities. African American Labor and Community. Workers and Unions. The Joys of the City. History Through Film: The Great White Hope. The New Sexuality and the New Woman. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 21. PROGRESSIVISM. Progressivism and the Protestant Spirit. Muckrakers, Magazines, and the Turn toward "Realism". Settlement Houses and Women's Activism. Socialism and Progressivism. Municipal Reform. Political Reform in the States. Economic and Social Reform in the States. A Renewed Campaign for Civil Rights. National Reform. The Taft Presidency. Roosevelt's Return. The Rise of Woodrow Wilson. The Election of 1912. The Wilson Presidency. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 22. BECOMING A WORLD POWER, 1898-1917. The United States Looks Abroad. The Spanish-American War. The United States Becomes a World Power. Theodore Roosevelt, Geopolitician. History Through Film: Tarzan, The Ape Man. William Howard Taft, Dollar Diplomat. Woodrow Wilson, Struggling Idealist. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 23. WAR AND SOCIETY, 1914-1920. Europe's Descent into War. American Neutrality. American Intervention. Mobilizing for "Total" War. The Failure of the International Peace. The Postwar Period: A Society in Convulsion. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 24. THE 1920s. Prosperity. The Politics of Business. Farmers, Protestants, and Moral Traditionalists. Ethnic and Racial Communities. The "Lost Generation" and Disillusioned Intellectuals. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 25. THE GREAT DEPRESSION AND THE NEW DEAL, 1929-1939. Causes of the Great Depression. Hoover: The Fall of a Self-Made Man. A Culture in Crisis. The Democratic Roosevelt. The First New Deal, 1933-1935. Political Mobilization, Political Unrest, 1934-1935. The Second New Deal, 1935-1937. History Through Film: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town. Labor in Politics and Culture. America's Minorities and the New Deal. The New Deal Abroad. Stalemate, 1937-1940. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 26. AMERICA DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR. The Road to War: Aggression and Response. Fighting the War in Europe. The Pacific Theater. A New President, the Atomic Bomb, and Japanese Surrender. The War at Home: The Economy. The War at Home: Social Issues. Shaping the Peace. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 27. THE AGE OF CONTAINMENT, 1946-1954. Creating a National Security State, 1945-1949. The Korean War Era, 1949-1952. Containment at Home. Truman's Fair Deal. A Changing Culture. From Truman to Eisenhower. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 28. AFFLUENCE AND ITS DISCONTENTS, 1954-1963. Foreign Policy, 1953-1960. America and the Third World. Affluence-A "People of Plenty". Discontents of Affluence. The Fight against Discrimination, 1954-1960. Debating the Role of Government. The Kennedy Years: Foreign Policy. The Kennedy Years: Domestic Policy. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 29. AMERICA DURING ITS LONGEST WAR, 1963-1974. The Great Society. Escalation in Vietnam. The War at Home. The Nixon Years, 1969-1974. Foreign Policy under Nixon and Kissinger. The Wars of Watergate. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 30. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN THE LATE 20TH CENTURY. A Changing People. Economic Transformations. Media and Culture. History Through Film: Star Wars. Social Activism. Race, Ethnicity, and Social Activism. The New Right. Conclusion. Suggested Readings. 31. POWER AND POLITICS SINCE 1974. The Caretaker Presidency of Gerald Ford (1974-1977). Jimmy Carter's One-Term Presidency (1977-1981). Ronald Reagan's "New Morning in America" (1981-1989). The First Bush Presidency (1989-1993) . The Presidency of Bill Clinton (1993-2001). The Presidency of George W. Bush. Conclusion. Suggested Readings.