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

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

Understanding the past helps us navigate the present and future. When you read this text, you will not only learn about American History, you will be exposed to movies and music that tell the stories of American History in addition to the reading material you expect in a college level history book. A highly respected, balanced, and thoroughly modern approach to US History, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER, uses themes in a unique approach to show how the United States was transformed, 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. This approach helps you 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.

Genres: History, Textbooks, College, Nonfiction

1176 pages, Hardcover

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