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 Brief Edition is 30% shorter than the Full Edition and features a slightly smaller trim size. It shares the same pedagogical features of the Full Edition.