Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Concise Edition

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

LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER: A HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, CONCISE EDITION provides students with a clear understanding of how power is gained, lost, and used in both public and private life. This concise version retains the clarity, coverage, and thematic unity of the larger text, while offering unmatched integration of social and cultural history into a political story. It retains the strong chronological and thematic framework of the bigger text, but offers a more manageable option for instructors concerned about too much material and too little time.

Genres: History, Textbooks, College, Nonfiction

800 pages, Paperback

First published February 1, 1996

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

[Tim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not so many pictures in this edition, but some excellent history writing especially on the 18th and 19th century (McPherson on the events around the Civil War especially). Not always complete on political history in the late 19th and early 20th century, but almost always excellent on cultural and social questions (could quibble on its characterization of 1920s fundamentalism and on other particular coverage) - especially the development of consumer society in the 20th c.

[Staci · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great book on US history