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WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY

An important deeply affectingand regrettably relevant New York Timeschronicle of a sinisterideaof freedom white Americans freedom to oppress others and their fight against the government that got in their way

American freedomis typically associatedwith the fight of the oppressed for a better world Butfor centurieswhenever the federal governmentintervenedon behalf of nonwhite peoplemany white Americansfoughtback in the name of freedomtheir freedom to dominateothers

InFreedoms Dominionhistorian Jefferson Cowietracesthis complexsagabyfocusing onaquintessentially American placeBarbour County Alabamatheancestral home of political firebrandGeorge Wallace Ina landshaped bysettler colonialism and chattel slaverywhite people weaponized freedom toseizeNative lands champion secession overthrow Reconstruction question the New Deal and fight against the civil rights movementAriveting history of the longrunning clash between white people and federal authoritythisbookradically shiftsourunderstanding of what freedom meansin America