Give Me Liberty! An American History

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Adopted at over 600 universities, colleges, and schools across the country, Eric Foner's Give Me Liberty! is making a difference in the American history survey course.

Featuring a single author and a single, comprehensive theme, Give Me Liberty! presents American history with unparalleled clarity and coherence. The study tools in the book and the companion print and electronic package ensure student success in the course.

The Second Edition builds on the success of the first, retaining the unifying theme of freedom while becoming more comprehensive, and adding stronger coverage of Native American and immigration history. In addition, the pedagogy has been strengthened with new Voices of Freedom paired primary sources in each chapter, chapter-opening chronologies, key terms, and more. Overall the presentation remains concise and crisp, free of the encyclopedic detail that clogs so many other survey textbooks.

Making a Difference: The Freedom Theme

The freedom theme motivates students by showing them that freedom, a birthright for some Americans, has been a distant dream for others. The main thread through the chronological chapter organization, the freedom theme, deepens students' perspective on events by showing their connections over time.

The freedom theme integrates social and political history in the text by following changes in the meanings and boundaries of American freedom. By highlighting the struggles of social groups—especially those of women, working people, African-Americans, and other minorities—to enlarge the boundaries of freedom and gain access to its benefits, the freedom theme masterfully unifies social and political history.

The freedom theme is relevant to the lives of students today as we search for a balance between the demands of security and the freedoms we seek to preserve. This tension is not new, and Eric Foner discusses similar struggles throughout American history, from the Alien and Sedition Acts in the 1790s to the present.

Making a Difference: Student Success

Review material has been expanded and strengthened with:

• Chapter outlines and chronologies at the beginning of every chapter
• Focus questions that recur in the running heads to keep students aware of the big questions as they read.
• Review pages listing questions, a table of major events, and a list of key terms.
• StudySpace student Web site with additional review materials and primary sources online.

A helpful six-part structure divides the book, with each part opening with a substantive introduction to the major themes. In addition, the Second Edition has more section heads throughout, breaking up the discussions more effectively for students.

Voices of Freedom primary source excerpts have been expanded, and now include headnotes and critical questions, allowing students to compare and contrast these paired texts.

Eric Foner's use of quotations and personal stories at the beginning of chapters draws students in.These chapter-opening vignettes incorporate short narratives on a person or event that is emblematic of the chapter.

More than 700 engaging illustrations appear in the book, many of them appearing for the first time in a textbook, along with over 100 captioned maps, many full-page. A new trim size makes for a more efficient presentation of illustrations, maps, and tables.

Study Guide Volume 1

This two-volume study guide has approximately 1,700 questions: 1,400 multiple-choice and true/false questions (approximately 50 per chapter), and almost 300 essay questions (about 10 per chapter). The guide includes definitions of key terms and chapter review questions.

Study Guide Volume 2

This two-volume study guide has approximately 1,700 questions: 1,400 multiple-choice and true/false questions (approximately 50 per chapter), and almost 300 essay questions (about 10 per chapter). The guide includes definitions of key terms and chapter review questions.

StudySpace

This free student website features study plans, chapter podcasts, chapter outlines, map worksheets, interactive maps, multiple-choice and true/false quizzes, flashcards, and more to help you study and review.

Instructor's Manual

This updated resource now has many new entries for video, web, audio, and print supplements to the textbook.

Lecture Slides

Transparencies of selected figures.

Norton American History Digital Archive

Perfect for classroom presentation, the Norton American History Digital Archive contains nearly one thousand historical images and audio and video clips covering all major periods of American history.

Norton American History Digital Reader

The Norton American History Digital Reader offers nearly five hundred historic documents, including letters, newspaper articles, government and court documents, and transcripts of interviews and famous speeches. The Digital Reader’s intuitive design allows students to search documents by date, author, or keyword, and each document is cross-indexed by textbook chapter. The Digital Reader is available online or as a CD-ROM.

Norton Media Library

Enhance your lectures with these ample offerings: PowerPoint Presentations for each chapter, Hi-resolution maps and graphics files from the book, Art from the textbook, and Questions for Classroom Response PowerPoints (Clicker Questions).

Questioning Freedom

In this exclusive video for adopters, Eric Foner answers some 150 questions related to the theme of freedom in American history. The 2-to-4-minute video clips are keyed to the textbook chapters and offer an engaging way to launch lectures, start discussions, generate subjects for student papers, or introduce other multimedia resources. A transcript booklet is provided to make clip selection easy.

Test Bank

The test bank has been updated and enhanced with some 4,000 multiple choice, true/false, matching, short-answer, and essay questions for classroom discussion and individual review.