American freedom is typically associated with the fight of the oppressed for a better world. But for centuries, whenever the federal government intervened on behalf of nonwhite people, many white Americans fought back in the name of freedom-their freedom to dominate others. In Freedom's Dominion, historian Jefferson Cowie traces this complex saga by focusing on a quintessentially American place: Barbour County, Alabama, the ancestral home of political firebrand George Wallace.
In a land shaped by settler colonialism and chattel slavery, white people weaponized freedom to seize Native lands, champion secession, overthrow Reconstruction, question the New Deal, and fight against the civil rights movement. A riveting history of the long-running clash between white people and federal authority, this book radically shifts our understanding of what freedom means in America.
| ISBN: | 9781541672802 |
| Publication date: | 8th December 2022 |
| Author: | Jefferson Cowie |
| Publisher: | Basic Books |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 512 pages |
| Primary Genre | History |
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American freedom is typically associated with the fight of the oppressed for a better world. But for centuries, whenever the federal government intervened on behalf of nonwhite people, many white Americans fought back in the name of freedom-their freedom to dominate others. In Freedom's Dominion, historian Jefferson Cowie traces this complex saga by focusing on a quintessentially American place: Barbour County, Alabama, the ancestral home of political firebrand George Wallace.
In a land shaped by settler colonialism and chattel slavery, white people weaponized freedom to seize Native lands, champion secession, overthrow Reconstruction, question the New Deal, and fight against the civil rights movement. A riveting history of the long-running clash between white people and federal authority, this book radically shifts our understanding of what freedom means in America.
Freedom's Dominion features in the following genres: History, Social and cultural history, History of the Americas, Local history, Human rights, civil rights, History and Archaeology, History: specific events and topics, Local and family history, nostalgia, Lifestyle, Hobbies and Leisure, Political control and freedoms, Politics and government, Society and Social Sciences
Freedom's Dominion is available in Paperback, Hardback
Freedom's Dominion was written by Jefferson Cowie and published by Basic Books
Freedom's Dominion has 512 pages
