{"product_id":"freedoms-dominion-winner-of-the-pulitzer-prize-a-saga-of-white-resistance-to-federal-power-9781541605121","title":"Freedom's Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Saga of White Resistance to Federal Power","description":"\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY - An \"important, deeply affecting--and regrettably relevant\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans' freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their way \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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.   \u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eFreedom's Dominion\u003c\/i\u003e, prizewinning 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, freedom became a weapon. With freedom as their cry, white Americans seized Native lands, championed secession, overthrew Reconstruction, questioned the New Deal, and fought against the civil rights movement.   \u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e Through a riveting account of two centuries of local clashes between white people and federal authorities, \u003ci\u003eFreedom's Dominion\u003c\/i\u003e offers a radically new history of federal power, democracy, and American freedom. This history summons us today to embrace a vigorous model of American citizenship, backed by a federal government that is not afraid to fight the many incarnations of the freedom to dominate. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJefferson Cowie\u003c\/b\u003e holds the James G. Stahlman Chair in History at Vanderbilt University. He is the author of three other books, including \u003ci\u003eStayin' Alive: The 1970s and the Last Days of the Working Class\u003c\/i\u003e, and his work has appeared in numerous outlets including \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eForeign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003ePolitico\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Nashville, Tennessee.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Basic Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50589861839122,"sku":"9781541605121","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_85316673-0dc9-4496-abad-93db20b27494.jpg?v=1732076021","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/freedoms-dominion-winner-of-the-pulitzer-prize-a-saga-of-white-resistance-to-federal-power-9781541605121","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}