Feature Summary

A concise, descriptive narrative with a future-oriented approach and the most advanced technology package in the market, We the People is quickly becoming the favorite text for professors of American Government.
Tom Patterson and his lively narrative and attention to the scholarship of the field combine to deliver a reliable text that students will enjoy reading.
Significant reading selections at the end of each chapter (including landmark cases, Federalist Papers, and essays by contributors such as Paul S. Herrnson, Alice Rivlin, and Richard Rose) illuminate chapter concepts and may eliminate the need for a separate reader.
States in the Nation: boxes in every chapter alert students to the similarities and differences in the politics of the individual American states.
How the U.S. Compares: boxes in every chapter allow students to gain a deeper understanding of their own society and recognize the ways in which it differs from others.

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