Children's ✦ Penny’s Take
Liberty, Equality, Power
John Murrin · 2002
74/100
👍 Worth It
A durable, thematically coherent college survey text that does an above-average job of weaving social and cultural history alongside political narrative — its decade-long adoption across multiple institutions reflects genuine classroom value. The 2002 edition is dated for a textbook, and its mislabeling as a Children's title in this batch is a notable data error, but the underlying work is solid for its actual audience.
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Verdict receipt0–100
safety88
substance80
craft75
originality68
accuracy78
hype80
age-fit55
human-eye70
Penny’s verdict74
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