The Free and the Unfree: A Progressive History of the United States

by Peter N. Carroll, David F. Noble, David W. Noble

Book Overview

The founding Fathers based the American system on principles of equality and freedom, but often people who made America their home faced inequality, injustice, and legal discrimination. The Free and the Unfree documents what happened when Native Americans, African Americans, immigrants, religious minorities, and women tested America's humanitarian and democratic principles. It surveys the social, cultural, political, and economic developments that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0141001585
• ISBN13: 9780141001586
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.1" x 7.8"

Customer Reviews

Both Sides

Peter Carroll and David Noble have written a brilliant book dealing with the founding and development of the Americas. This book opens the readers eyes and suggests many things that a learner of American history through the standard text book are deprived. I have also been privileged to be enrolled in one of Professor Nobles American Studies courses in which he had me constantly thinking about, questioning and searching for the truth of American history and development.