Liberty, Equality, Power: A History of the American People, Volume 1: to 1877

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

This work aims to show how power is gained, lost and used in both public and private life. This volume looks at the history until 1877.

Genres: History

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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