Understanding the past helps us navigate the present and future. When you read this text, you will learn about American history and will be exposed to movies and other forms of popular culture that tell the stories of the nation's past. A highly respected and thoroughly modern approach to U.S. history, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER, Seventh Edition, shows how the United States was transformed, in a relatively short time, from a land inhabited by hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the most powerful industrial nation on Earth. This approach helps you understand the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are often associated with the American story and recognize how dominant and subordinate groups have affected and been affected by the ever-shifting balance of power.

17. Reconstruction, 1863–1877.
18. A Transformed Nation: The West and the New South, 1865–1900.
19. The Rise of Corporate America, 1865–1914.
20. Cities, Peoples, Cultures, 1890–1920.
21. Progressivism, 1900–1917.
22. Becoming a World Power, 1898–1917.
23. War and Society, 1914–1920.
24. The 1920s.
25. The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1929–1939.
26. America During the Second World War, 1939–1945.
27. The Age of Containment, 1946–1953.
28. America at Mid–Century, 1953–1963.
29. America During a Divisive War, 1963–1974.
30. Uncertain Times, 1974–1992.
31. Economic, Social, and Cultural Change in the Late 20th Century.
32. A Time of Hope and Fear, 1993–2014.

Understanding the past helps us navigate the present and future. When you read this text, you will learn about American history and will be exposed to movies and other forms of popular culture that tell the stories of the nation's past. A highly respected and thoroughly modern approach to U.S. history, LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER, Seventh Edition, shows how the United States was transformed, in a relatively short time, from a land inhabited by hunter-gatherer and agricultural Native American societies into the most powerful industrial nation on Earth. This approach helps you understand the impact of the notions of liberty and equality, which are often associated with the American story and recognize how dominant and subordinate groups have affected and been affected by the ever-shifting balance of power. Revisions to the early chapters present a more inclusive vision of early American history and capture the contingencies of the period. Changes include expanded North American coverage (Chapter 1) and a shifted focus in Chapters 2, 3, and 10 from the British colonies toward a more continental perspective that expands the discussion on French America, Spanish America, and Native America. Revised chapters on the late colonial era, the American Revolution, and the early American republic reflect the latest scholarship that situates America in larger regional and global contexts. Changes include new sections on the role of women in the transatlantic consumer society of the eighteenth century, on loyalists in the American revolutionary era, and on the international threats faced by the new United States. Also added is discussion of rich new research on slavery and the Atlantic slave trade, including updated figures for the trade, and more environmental history is included throughout the narrative. Chapters covering the most recent past have been thoroughly updated, including results from the 2014 midterm elections. A new “What They Said” primary source feature in each chapter builds on (and replaces) the “Links to the Past” boxes. Each feature presents two or more brief primary source excerpts along with introductory notes and questions, offering students an opportunity to analyze different perspectives on a relevant topic. Topics include the following: English Colonists and Huron Indians Enter New Worlds (Chapter 2), Virginians Debate the Constitution (Chapter 6), Differing Visions of Black Progress (Chapter 18), The Debate Over Immigration (Chapter 24), and Cultural Disagreements: Equality for Women? (Chapter 30). A new “Interpreting the Visual Past” feature in each chapter builds on (and replaces) the “Visual Links to the Past” boxes. Each feature focuses on an image relevant to the chapter's discussion, providing an extended caption and a question that asks students to analyze a painting, a cartoon, a photograph, or an illustration as a piece of historical evidence. Topics include the following: A Native American Representation of the Colonial Southeast (Chapter 3), Illustrations of the Journals of Lewis and Clark (Chapter 7), The New Woman (Chapter 19), Photography of Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine (Chapter 20), and A Car for Suburbia (Chapter 28). This edition includes three new “History Through Film” features: John Adams (2008; Chapter 5), Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (2003; Chapter 7), and 12 Years a Slave (2013; Chapter 9). Although they have been removed from the book, the popular “Musical Links to the Past” features have been adapted, enhanced, and moved to MindTap®, a personalized online teaching platform that combines the book's content as well as interactive multimedia and assessments in a Learning Path that guides students through the course. LIBERTY, EQUALITY, POWER's thematic approach shows how the pursuit of liberty and equality has shaped the nation and how power has been used and abused in every aspect of American life-for example, between men and women, whites and blacks, and rich and poor. The strength of the book's author team accounts for its high-quality narrative and analysis. Among the members of this distinguished team are two new authors-Pekka Hämäläinen from Rothermere American Institute, University of Oxford, and Denver Brunsman from George Washington University. They join original members, all award-winning educators and prominent scholars in their respective areas of expertise.