Welcome
Course Name
Faculty Name
YOUR COURSE MATERIALS
Murrin et al.,
Liberty, Quality, and Power: A
History of the American People,
5e
You will…
— be tested
— receive homework
assignments
— have reading assignments
…from these materials
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say that students would do
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WHAT’S SO DIFFERENT ABOUT THE NEW
EDITION?
– For those of you taking the 1st
half of the book, chapters have
been reorganized to make them
easier to follow.
– For those of you taking the 2nd
half of the book, there is a new
chapter (32) recent history
including Bill Clinton and George
Bush.
– There is a new co-author in this
edition, Alice Fahs, who added
more on the history of women, and
cultural history.
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