Liberty, Equality, and Power A History of the American People (with CD-ROM)

by Murrin, John M.; Johnson, Paul E.; McPherson, James M.; Gerstle, Gary; Rosenberg, Emily S.

• ISBN13: 9780495091769
• ISBN10: 0495091766
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-03-25
• Publisher: Wadsworth Publishing

Summary

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 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 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 splits: LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Fourth Edition (Chapters 1-31), ISBN: 0534627307 LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Volume I: To 1877, Fourth Edition (Chapters 1-17), ISBN: 0534627315 LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, Volume II: Since 1863, Fourth Edition (Chapters 17-31), ISBN: 0534627323.

Table of Contents

When Old Worlds Collide: Contact, Conquest, Catastrophe

The Challenge to Spain and the Settlement of North America

England Discovers Its Colonies: Empire, Liberty, and Expansion

Provincial America and the Struggle for a Continent

Reform, Resistance, Revolution

The Revolutionary Republic

The Democratic Republic, 1790-1820

Completing the Revolution, 1789-1815

The Market Revolution, 1815-1860

Toward an American Culture

Society, Culture, and Politics, 1820s-1840s

Jacksonian Democracy

Manifest Destiny: An Empire for Liberty-or Slavery?

The Gathering Tempest, 1853-1860

Secession and Civil War, 1860-1862

A New Birth of Freedom, 1862-1865

Reconstruction, 1863-1877

Frontiers of Change, Politics of Stalemate, 1865-1890

Economic Change and the Crisis of the 1890s

An Industrial Society, 1890-1920

Progressivism

Becoming a World Power, 1898-1917

War and Society, 1914-1920

The 1920s

The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929-1939

America during the Second World War

The Age of Containment, 1946-1954

Affluence and Its Discontents, 1954-1963

America during Its Longest War, 1963-1974

Economic and Social Change in the Late 20th Century

Power and Politics Since 1974

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