Give Me Liberty!

This survey of American history traces the country's past from its earliest beginnings to the present day, arranged around a single guiding idea: how the meaning of freedom has been argued over, widened and contested. Rather than only recounting events, the text pushes readers to ask why things happened and what those developments reveal about the nation's changing values. The latest revision adds fresh scholarship on women's history, showing how the story of freedom looks when women's experiences are placed alongside the more familiar narratives. The book is also built as a teaching package, with primary source documents, images and maps, and supporting materials for students and instructors. It is written as a college-level course text.