Give Me Liberty!: An American History

I bought this for a class so the ISBN 13 number being inaccurate threw a wrench in things. Overall, it was a good book but be careful if you’re ordering for a class

Was just what the class called for and for an excellent price

I ordered the wrong book for my History class. Emailed the seller to return eventually the seller advised valuable return information.

This is one of the most interesting US History books I have had to read for school. The writing flows well and makes it easier to read than most others of its kind. It avoids "listing" things like a lot of history books do (e.g. "the English did this, this, and this. The French did this, this, and this, and the Spanish colonization affected the Aztecs in this way, this way, and this way") which makes it much less painful. It is also very well organized and easy to follow, instead of skipping around too much in dates and events.

Bought this book for college History, and first off, the Price was great second the book itself was in great condition from the seller. I still have the book and once in a while go back and check it out. Great information about politics of early America.

I finished this in a history class where I'm going back to school. From the beginning I could tell this wasn't going to be the history I took in high school (long, long ago). I'm sure everything is factual, there are a couple of places where the author throws in his two cents of an opinion, but they're short and not very often. He does go over the good parts of American history, but it seems like there is more of, how evil white men ruled America. Which maybe true, but at the time and even now, it's still the best system and it's where everyone wants to be. Just be prepared to have a different opinion about America when you're through. I like the book and the author, I made sure I'm taking my next history class with the second part of this book. This book only goes to Reconstruction (after the Civil War). I'm curious to see how he views the rest of history and like I said the facts are there and it is interesting. You'll know why the kids today hate America and don't think it's the special place it is after reading this book. Four stars for the facts and the writing, just be aware of the attitude.

"We all declare for liberty, but in using the same word we do not all mean the same thing." - Abraham Lincoln (1864) Lincoln's aphorism is the pivotal crux of U.S. history explored by Professor Foner in this first-rate textbook for upper-grade high school students or freshman and sophomore college students. Foner explores how and why the meanings of liberty and freedom changed throughout American history. In examining any particular period, he asks the crucial historical questions: What new ideas about liberty and freedom circulated? What new circumstances generated them? How did they expand/develop or contract/regress? What groups or individuals supported or thwarted them? Why did they find fertile ground or face hostility? Foner asserts that three (3) dimensions of liberty and freedom have been critical in American history: 1) the (contested) meanings of liberty and freedom; 2) the social conditions that made liberty and freedom possible; and 3) the boundaries of liberty and freedom that determined who was entitled to enjoy freedom and who was not. As summarized by David Hackett Fischer, "what made America free, and keeps it so, was not any single version of liberty and freedom but the interplay of many visions."