White Freedom : The Racial History of an Idea /

"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 ra...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Stovall, Tyler Edward (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2021]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Whites > Race identity.
Racism.
Race relations.
Politics and government.
Nation-state and globalization.
Liberty.
United States.
France.
United States > Politics and government.
France > Politics and government.
United States > Race relations > History.
France > Race relations > History.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Introduction: Freedom and its dark sides
  • Part 1. 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
  • Part 2. Black slavery, white freedom: Freedom and race in the era of liberal revolution
  • Empire, racial citizenship, and liberal democracy
  • Part 3. 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.

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