Give Me Liberty!: An American History (Fourth Edition) (Vol. 2) - Softcover

Foner, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0393920283 ISBN 13: 9780393920284

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2013

Synopsis

It’s the leading text in the field because it works in the classroom.

Clear, concise, integrated, and up-to-date, Give Me Liberty! is a proven success with teachers and students. Eric Foner pulls the pieces of the past together into a cohesive picture, using the theme of freedom throughout. The Fourth Edition features stronger coverage of American religion, a new design, and a reinforced pedagogical program aimed at fostering effective reading and study skills.

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: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0393920283
• ISBN 13: 9780393920284
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 728