Give Me Liberty!: An American History (AP* Third Edition) - Hardcover

Foner, Eric

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0393919552 ISBN 13: 9780393919554

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2012

Synopsis

The leading college-level American history textbook, now available in an Advanced Placement* edition.

Give Me Liberty! is the leading book in the market because it works in the classroom. A single-author book, Give Me Liberty! offers a consistent approach, a single narrative voice, and a coherent perspective throughout the text. Threaded through the chronological narrative is the theme of freedom, and the significant conflicts over its changing meanings, its limits, and its accessibility to various groups throughout American history. Inside this new AP* Edition, you will find study tools to develop writing, thinking, and primary source skills that will help you succeed on the AP* United States History examination. Accompanying the book are rich multimedia supplements to help you review and explore further.

Special Features of the AP* Edition of Give Me Liberty! include

- Overview of the AP* United States History exam
- AP* test-taking strategies
- AP* Skills Handbooks that help you interpret primary source documents, visual documents, maps, and political cartoons
- Practice Document-Based Questions (DBQs) and Free-Response Questions (FRQs) to help you prepare for the test
- Chronologies, Key Terms, and Chapter Outlines that help you review
- Focus Questions and Review Questions
*AP and Advanced Placement Program are registered trademarks of the College Board, which was not involved in the production of, and does not endorse this product.

About this title

About the Author:

Eric Foner is the pre-eminent historian of his generation, highly respected by historians of every stripe―whether they specialize in political history or social history. His books have won the top awards in the profession, and he has been president of both major history organizations: the American Historical Association and the Organization of American Historians. He has worked on every detail of Give Me Liberty!, which displays all of his trademark strengths as a scholar, teacher, and writer. A specialist on the Civil War/Reconstruction period, he regularly teaches the nineteenth-century survey at Columbia University, where he is DeWitt Clinton Professor of History. In 2011, Foner's The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery won the Pulitzer Prize in History, the Bancroft Prize, and the Lincoln Prize.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0393919552
• ISBN 13: 9780393919554
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 1456