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Tyler Stovall is professor of history and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University. His books include Transnational France: The Modern History of a Universal Nation, Paris Noir: African Americans in the City of Light, and The Rise of the Paris Red Belt.
Longlisted for the Cundill History Prize, McGill University This cogent study of ideas of race and freedom has added relevance and crossover potential in today's political landscape. * Kirkus Reviews * Extremely convincing. ---Ilana Masad, NPR White Freedom is clear and engaging. It offers fresh insight to the idea of liberty - an idea that is increasingly at the fore of societal concern. Stovall doesn't preach; he doesn't try to convince anyone to come to his side. He offers important context to the history of the development of freedom, and engaging analysis supported by carefully researched evidence. Stovall, a professor of history and dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Fordham University, gives us all the information we need, and then challenges us to look deeper. ---Brock Kingsley, Chicago Review of Books [P]owerful and persuasive demonstrations of the complementary relationship between freedom and race. . . . [White Freedom] is a treasure trove of historical detail, but it's also written clearly and persuasively . . . a worthy addition to the recent surge of work rethinking the connection between race and other fundamental aspects of our social system. ---Olufemi O. Taiwo, The Nation A valuable book. ---David A. Bell, New York Review of Books
