Give Me Liberty!: An American History (Seagull Sixth Edition) (Vol. 1)

The leading U.S. history textbook, with a new focus on “Who is an American?” A powerful text by an acclaimed historian, Give Me Liberty! delivers an authoritative, concise, and integrated American history. In the Sixth Edition, Eric Foner addresses a question that has motivated, divided, and stirred passionate debates: “Who is an American?” With new coverage of issues of inclusion and exclusion―reinforced by new primary source features in the text and a new secondary source tutorial online― Give Me Liberty! strengthens students’ most important historical thinking skills. The Seagull Edition offers the complete text of the Full Edition in full color and a portable trim size with fewer illustrations and maps and an exceptionally low price. Publisher’s Notice Title Page Frontispiece Copyright Dedication Contents List of Maps, Tables, and Figures About the Author Preface Acknowledgments Give Me Liberty! Digital Resources for Students and Instructors Half-title Page Chapter 1: A New World The First Americans Indian Freedom, European Freedom The Expansion of Europe Contact The Spanish Empire The French and Dutch Empires Chapter Review Chapter 2: Beginnings of English America, 1607–1660 England and the New World The Coming of the English Settling the Chesapeake The New England Way New Englanders Divided Religion, Politics, and Freedom Chapter Review Chapter 3: Creating Anglo-America, 1660–1750 Global Competition and the Expansion of England’s Empire Origins of American Slavery Colonies in Crisis The Growth of Colonial America Social Classes in the Colonies Chapter Review Chapter 4: Slavery, Freedom, and the Struggle for Empire, to 1763 Slavery and Empire Slave Cultures and Slave Resistance An Empire of Freedom The Public Sphere The Great Awakening Imperial Rivalries Battle for the Continent Chapter Review Chapter 5: The American Revolution, 1763–1783 The Crisis Begins The Road to Revolution The Coming of Independence Securing Independence Chapter Review Chapter 6: The Revolution Within Democratizing Freedom Toward Religious Toleration Defining Economic Freedom The Limits of Liberty Slavery and the Revolution Daughters of Liberty Chapter Review Chapter 7: Founding a Nation, 1783–1791 America under the Confederation A New Constitution The Ratification Debate and the Origin of the Bill of Rights “We the People” Chapter Review Chapter 8: Securing the Republic, 1791–1815 Politics in an Age of Passion The Adams Presidency Jefferson in Power The “Second War of Independence” Chapter Review Chapter 9: The Market Revolution, 1800–1840 A New Economy Market Society The Free Individual The Limits of Prosperity Chapter Review Chapter 10: Democracy in America, 1815–1840 The Triumph of Democracy Nationalism and its Discontents Nation, Section, and Party The Age of Jackson The Bank War and After Chapter Review Chapter 11: The Peculiar Institution The Old South Life Under Slavery Slave Culture Resistance to Slavery Chapter Review Chapter 12: An Age of Reform, 1820–1840 The Reform Impulse The Crusade Against Slavery Black and White Abolitionism The Origins of Feminism Chapter Review Chapter 13: A House Divided, 1840–1861 Fruits of Manifest Destiny A Dose of Arsenic The Rise of the Republican Party The Emergence of Lincoln The Impending Crisis Chapter Review Chapter 14: A New Birth of Freedom: The Civil War, 1861–1865 The First Modern War The Coming of Emancipation The Second American Revolution The Confederate Nation Turning Points Rehearsals for Reconstruction and the End of the War Chapter Review Chapter 15: “What Is Freedom?”: Reconstruction, 1865–1877 The Meaning of Freedom The Making of Radical Reconstruction Radical Reconstruction in the South The Overthrow of Reconstruction Chapter Review Suggested Reading The Declaration of Independence (1776) The Constitution of the United States (1787) Glossary Credits Index "A cohesive text by a leader in the field, Give Me Liberty! Delivers an authoritative and accessible, concise and integrated American history tied together with a freedom theme. The Sixth Edition is more relevant than ever, with powerful new coverage of issues of inclusion and exclusion throughout as well as a new primary-source feature, "Who Is an American?""-- Provided by publisher **The leading U.S. history textbook, with a new focus on “Who is an American?”** __Give Me Liberty!____Give Me Liberty!__**Seagull Edition**