The Brief Edition of A PEOPLE AND A NATION offers a succinct and spirited narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States The authors attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life encouraging you to imagine what life was really like in the past The Brief Edition of A PEOPLE AND A NATION offers a succinct and spirited narrative that tells the stories of all people in the United States. The authors' attention to race and racial identity and their inclusion of everyday people and popular culture brings history to life, encouraging you to imagine ...what life was really like in the past.