03204cam a2200337 i 4500 on1151056719 OCoLC ta 210524s2021 njua b 001 0 eng 2020040995 9780691179469 (hbk.) 0691179468 (hbk.) (OCoLC)1151056719 (OCoLC)1204228826 JC585 .S76 2021 Stovall, Tyler Edward. White freedom : the racial history of an idea / Tyler Stovall. Princeton, NJ. : Princeton University Press, 2021. xii, 435 p. : ill. Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-407) and index. Introduction : freedom and its dark side -- Savage freedom : piracy, childhood, and alternate racial visions of liberty -- Lady of freedom, lady of whiteness : the Statue of Liberty as symbol of white freedom -- Black slavery, white freedom : freedom and race in the era of liberal revolution -- Empire, racial citizenship, and liberal democracy -- Fighting for whose liberty? Freedom and race in the era of total war -- Freedom now? : The fall and rise of white freedom during the Cold War -- Conclusion : white freedom and freedom from whiteness. "The era of the Enlightenment, which gave rise to our modern conceptions of freedom and democracy, was also the height of the trans-Atlantic slave trade. America, a nation founded on the principle of liberty, is also a nation built on African slavery, Native American genocide, and systematic racial discrimination. White Freedom traces the complex relationship between freedom and race from the eighteenth century to today, revealing how being free has meant being white. Tyler Stovall explores the intertwined histories of racism and freedom in France and the United States, the two leading nations that have claimed liberty as the heart of their national identities. He explores how French and American thinkers defined freedom in racial terms and conceived of liberty as an aspect and privilege of whiteness. He discusses how the Statue of Liberty--a gift from France to the United States and perhaps the most famous symbol of freedom on Earth--promised both freedom and whiteness to European immigrants. Taking readers from the Age of Revolution to today, Stovall challenges the notion that racism is somehow a paradox or contradiction within the democratic tradition, demonstrating how white identity is intrinsic to Western ideas about liberty. Throughout the history of modern Western liberal democracy, freedom has long been white freedom. A major work of scholarship that is certain to draw a wide readership and transform contemporary debates, White Freedom provides vital new perspectives on the inherent racism behind our most cherished beliefs about freedom, liberty, and human rights"-- Liberty. Racism. Whites Race identity. Nation-State and globalization. France Race relations History. United States Race relations History. France Politics and government. United States Politics and government. lcc BK 0 0 0 0 PNLIB PNLIB GEN 2021-06-17 JC585 .S76 2021 PNLIB21062386 2021-06-17 2021-06-17 BK 2573 2573