Give me liberty! : an American history / by Eric Foner.

By:

Foner, Eric

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: Spanish Publication details: New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c2008.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xlvi, 1123, 119 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 29 cmISBN:

9780393929447 (hardcover)
0393929442 (hardcover)

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DDC classification:

973 22

LOC classification:

002 E 178 F673g 2008

Online resources:

Table of contents only

Contents:

Volume 1. To 1877 -- Volume 2. From 1865. List of maps, tables, and figures -- 15. "What is freedom?" : Reconstruction, 1865-1877 -- The meaning of freedom -- Voices of freedom : (from) Petition of Committee in Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson (1865) and (from) a sharecropping contract (1866) -- The making of radical reconstruction -- Radical reconstruction in the South -- The overthrow of reconstruction -- 16. America's Gilded Age, 1870-1890 -- The second industrial revolution -- The transformation of the West -- Voices of freedom : (from "A Second declaration of Independence (1879) / Ira Steward, and (from) "Wealth" (1889) / Andrew Carnegie -- Politics in a gilded age -- Freedom in the Gilded Age -- Labor and the Republic -- 17. Freedom's boundaries, at home and abroad, 1890-1900 -- The Populist challenge -- The segregated South -- Redrawing the boundaries -- Becoming a world power -- Voices of freedom : (from) Our country (1885) / Josiah Strong, and (from) "Aguinaldo's Case against the United States" (1899) -- 18. The Progressive Era, 1900-1916 -- An urban age and a consumer society -- Varieties of Progressivism -- Voices of freedom : (from) Women and Economics (1898) / Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and (from) "The workingman's conception of industrial liberty" (1910) / John Mitchell -- The politics of Progressivism -- The Progressive Presidents -- 19. Safe for democracy : The United States and World War I, 1916-1920 -- An era of intervention -- America and the great war -- Who is an American? -- Voices of freedom : (from) Speech to the jury before sentencing under the Espionage Act (1918) / Eugene V. Debs, and (from) "Returning soldiers", The Crisis (1919) / W.E.B. Du Bois -- 1919 -- 20. From business culture to Great Depression : The Twenties, 1920-1932 -- The business of America -- Business and government -- Voices of freedom : (from) "The gulf between," Atlantic Monthly (March 1928) / André Siegfried, and (from) Majority opinion, in Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) / Justice James C. McReynolds -- The birth of civil liberties -- The culture wars -- The Great Depression. 21. The New Deal, 1932-1940 -- The first New Deal -- The Grassroots Revolt -- The second New Deal -- A reckoning with liberty -- Voices of freedom : (from) "Fireside chat" (1934) / Franklin D. Roosevelt, and (from) The harvest gypsies : on the road to the Grapes of Wrath(1938) / John Steinbeck -- The limits of change -- A new conception in America -- 22. Fighting for the four freedoms : World War II, 1941-1945 -- Fighting World War II -- The home front -- Visions of postwar freedom -- The American dilemma -- Voices of freedom : (from) The American century (1941) / Henry R. Luce, and (from) "The Negro has always wanted the four freedoms," in What the Negro Wants (1944) / Charles H. Wesley -- The end of the War -- 23. The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953 -- Origins of the Cold War -- The Cold War and the idea of freedom -- The Truman presidency -- The anticommunist crusade -- Voices of freedom : (from) Protestant, Catholic, Jew (1955) / Will Herberg, and (from) "Who is loyal to American? Harper's (September 1947) / Henry Steele Commager -- 24. An affluent society, 1953-1960 -- The Golden Age -- The Eisenhower Era -- The Freedom Movement -- Voices of freedom : (from) the southern Manifesto (1956), and (from) Speech at Montgomery, Alabama (December 5, 1955) / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The election of 1960 -- 25. The Sixties, 1960-1968 -- The Civil Rights revolution -- The Kennedy Years -- Lyndon Johnson's Presidency -- The changing Black Movement -- Vietnam and the New Left -- Voices of freedom : (from) Young Americans for Freedom, The Sharon Statement (September 1960), and (from) The Port Huron Statement (June 1962) / Tom Hayden and others -- The new movements and the rights revolution -- 1968-- 26. The triumph of Conservatism, 1969-1988 -- President Nixon -- Vietnam and Watergate -- The end of the Golden Age -- The rising tide of conservatism -- The Reagan revolution -- Voices of freedom : (from) Redstockings Manifesto (1969), and (from) Listen, America! (1980) / Jerry Falwell -- 27. Globalization and its discontents, 1989-2000 -- The post-cold war world -- A new economy? -- Voices of freedom : (from) Speech on signing of NAFTA (1993) / Bill Clinton, and (from) Global Exchange, Seattle, Declaration for Global Democracy (December 1999) -- Culture wars -- Impeachment and the election of 2000 -- Freedom and the new century -- 28. A new century a new crises -- The War on Terrorism -- An American empire? -- Voices of freedom : (from) The National Security Strategy of the United States (September 2002), and (from) Speech on the Middle East / Barack Obama -- The aftermath of September 11 at home -- The winds of change -- The rise of Obama -- Obama's first term -- Learning from history -- The Declaration of Independence (1776) -- The Constitution of the United States (1787) -- Glossary.

Summary: This specially priced version of the bestselling American History textbook features Eric Foner's clear, concise, and authoritative presentation. The Seagull Fourth Edition includes the text of the full Fourth Edition in a compact, low-price format. This edition also includes chronologies, focus questions, "Voices of Freedom" documents, key terms, and review questions. The StudySpace website gives you rich multimedia materials for review and research. -- Publisher.

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Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Recursos Regionales	Recursos Regionales (2do. Piso)	002 E 178 F673g 2008 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000098927

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Volume 1. To 1877 --
Volume 2. From 1865. List of maps, tables, and figures --
15. "What is freedom?" : Reconstruction, 1865-1877 --
The meaning of freedom --
Voices of freedom : (from) Petition of Committee in Behalf of the Freedmen to Andrew Johnson (1865) and (from) a sharecropping contract (1866) --
The making of radical reconstruction --
Radical reconstruction in the South --
The overthrow of reconstruction --
16. America's Gilded Age, 1870-1890 --
The second industrial revolution --
The transformation of the West --
Voices of freedom : (from "A Second declaration of Independence (1879) / Ira Steward, and (from) "Wealth" (1889) / Andrew Carnegie --
Politics in a gilded age --
Freedom in the Gilded Age --
Labor and the Republic --
17. Freedom's boundaries, at home and abroad, 1890-1900 --
The Populist challenge --
The segregated South --
Redrawing the boundaries --
Becoming a world power --
Voices of freedom : (from) Our country (1885) / Josiah Strong, and (from) "Aguinaldo's Case against the United States" (1899) --
18. The Progressive Era, 1900-1916 --
An urban age and a consumer society --
Varieties of Progressivism --
Voices of freedom : (from) Women and Economics (1898) / Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and (from) "The workingman's conception of industrial liberty" (1910) / John Mitchell --
The politics of Progressivism --
The Progressive Presidents --
19. Safe for democracy : The United States and World War I, 1916-1920 --
An era of intervention --
America and the great war --
Who is an American? --
Voices of freedom : (from) Speech to the jury before sentencing under the Espionage Act (1918) / Eugene V. Debs, and (from) "Returning soldiers", The Crisis (1919) / W.E.B. Du Bois --
1919 --
20. From business culture to Great Depression : The Twenties, 1920-1932 --
The business of America --
Business and government --
Voices of freedom : (from) "The gulf between," Atlantic Monthly (March 1928) / André Siegfried, and (from) Majority opinion, in Meyer v. Nebraska (1923) / Justice James C. McReynolds --
The birth of civil liberties --
The culture wars --
The Great Depression. 21. The New Deal, 1932-1940 --
The first New Deal --
The Grassroots Revolt --
The second New Deal --
A reckoning with liberty --
Voices of freedom : (from) "Fireside chat" (1934) / Franklin D. Roosevelt, and (from) The harvest gypsies : on the road to the Grapes of Wrath(1938) / John Steinbeck --
The limits of change --
A new conception in America --
22. Fighting for the four freedoms : World War II, 1941-1945 --
Fighting World War II --
The home front --
Visions of postwar freedom --
The American dilemma --
Voices of freedom : (from) The American century (1941) / Henry R. Luce, and (from) "The Negro has always wanted the four freedoms," in What the Negro Wants (1944) / Charles H. Wesley --
The end of the War --
23. The United States and the Cold War, 1945-1953 --
Origins of the Cold War --
The Cold War and the idea of freedom --
The Truman presidency --
The anticommunist crusade --
Voices of freedom : (from) Protestant, Catholic, Jew (1955) / Will Herberg, and (from) "Who is loyal to American? Harper's (September 1947) / Henry Steele Commager --
24. An affluent society, 1953-1960 --
The Golden Age --
The Eisenhower Era --
The Freedom Movement --
Voices of freedom : (from) the southern Manifesto (1956), and (from) Speech at Montgomery, Alabama (December 5, 1955) / Martin Luther King, Jr. --
The election of 1960 --
25. The Sixties, 1960-1968 --
The Civil Rights revolution --
The Kennedy Years --
Lyndon Johnson's Presidency --
The changing Black Movement --
Vietnam and the New Left --
Voices of freedom : (from) Young Americans for Freedom, The Sharon Statement (September 1960), and (from) The Port Huron Statement (June 1962) / Tom Hayden and others --
The new movements and the rights revolution --
1968--
26. The triumph of Conservatism, 1969-1988 --
President Nixon --
Vietnam and Watergate --
The end of the Golden Age --
The rising tide of conservatism --
The Reagan revolution --
Voices of freedom : (from) Redstockings Manifesto (1969), and (from) Listen, America! (1980) / Jerry Falwell --
27. Globalization and its discontents, 1989-2000 --
The post-cold war world --
A new economy? --
Voices of freedom : (from) Speech on signing of NAFTA (1993) / Bill Clinton, and (from) Global Exchange, Seattle, Declaration for Global Democracy (December 1999) --
Culture wars --
Impeachment and the election of 2000 --
Freedom and the new century --
28. A new century a new crises --
The War on Terrorism --
An American empire? --
Voices of freedom : (from) The National Security Strategy of the United States (September 2002), and (from) Speech on the Middle East / Barack Obama --
The aftermath of September 11 at home --
The winds of change --
The rise of Obama --
Obama's first term --
Learning from history --
The Declaration of Independence (1776) --
The Constitution of the United States (1787) --
Glossary.

This specially priced version of the bestselling American History textbook features Eric Foner's clear, concise, and authoritative presentation. The Seagull Fourth Edition includes the text of the full Fourth Edition in a compact, low-price format. This edition also includes chronologies, focus questions, "Voices of Freedom" documents, key terms, and review questions. The StudySpace website gives you rich multimedia materials for review and research. -- Publisher.

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