01260cam a2200181Ia 4500020001500000020001800015020001500033020001800048040000800066082002600074100001700100245004600117260004100163300005200204520079600256650001401052650001201066  a0393978737  a9780393978735  a0393978745  a9780393978742  cCSG  a973 WWN 2005 A099 Or.1 aFoner, Eric,10aGive me liberty! :ban American history /  aNew York :bW.W. Norton,c℗♭2005  a2 volumes :bcolor illustrations, maps ;c26 cm  a[This text] is a survey of American history from the earliest days of European exploration and conquest of the New World to the dawn of the twenty-first century. It offers students a ... concise narrative whose central theme is the changing contours of American freedom ... Aimed at an audience of undergraduate students with little or no detailed knowledge of American history, [the text] guides readers through the complexities of the subject without overwhelming them with excessive detail. The unifying theme of freedom that runs through the text gives shape to the narrative and integrates the numerous strands that make up the American experience. [This book] places events and personalities in the foreground and is more geared to the structure of the introductory survey course.-Pref 0aDemocracy 0aLiberty