Dangerous liaisons : sex and love in the segregated South / Charles Frank Robinson II.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Charles F. (Charles Frank)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Miscegenation (Racist theory)--Southern States--History.

Miscegenation (Racist theory).

Interracial marriage--Law and legislation--Southern States--History.

Interracial marriage.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc--Southern States--History.

African Americans.

African Americans--Southern States--Social conditions.

Social conditions.

African Americans--Legal status, laws, etc.

History.

Interracial marriage--Law and legislation.

Southern States--Race relations.

Southern States.

Race relations.

Southern States--Social conditions--1865-1945.

Physical Description:

xv, 196 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : University of Arkansas Press, 2003.

Contents:

I. From Settlement to Civil War 1

II. "Dictated by Wise Statesmanship" Anti-miscegenation Law and Reconstruction 21

III. Against All Things Formal: Anti-miscegenation and the Era of Redemption 41

IV. The Anti-miscegenation Effort in the 1890s: A Sea of Change 60

V. Expanding the Color Divide: The Anti-miscegenation Effort during the Progressive Era 79

VI. For the Sake of Racial Purity: The Anti-miscegenation Effort in the New Era 99

VII. Black Voices: African Americans, Anti-miscegenation Law, and Intermarriage 114

Epilogue: "Patently No Legitimate Overriding Purpose" The Demise of Anti-miscegenation Law 133.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-184) and index.

ISBN:

1557287554

OCLC:

52269562