Sanctioning matrimony : western expansion and interethnic marriage in the Arizona borderlands / Sal Acosta.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Acosta, Sal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Interracial marriage--Arizona--Tucson--History--19th century.

Interracial marriage.

Interracial marriage--Arizona--Tucson--History--20th century.

Mexican Americans--Arizona--Tucson--Social conditions--19th century.

Mexican Americans.

Mexican Americans--Arizona--Tucson--Social conditions--20th century.

Social classes--Arizona--Tucson--History--19th century.

Social classes.

Social classes--Arizona--Tucson--History--20th century.

Interracial marriage--Law and legislation--Arizona--Tucson--History--19th century.

Interracial marriage--Law and legislation--Arizona--Tucson--History--20th century.

Miscegenation (Racist theory)--Arizona--Tucson--History--19th century.

Miscegenation (Racist theory).

Miscegenation (Racist theory)--Arizona--Tucson--History--20th century.

Interracial marriage--Law and legislation.

Mexican Americans--Social conditions.

History.

Social conditions.

Arizona--Tucson.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This book examines intermarriage among Mexicans in the Tucson area between 1860 and 1930, shifting the focus away from marriages by the landed elite and onto the working class"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 Arizona's Miscegenation Law and Racial Prescriptions 22

2 The Discourse of Manifest Destiny and the Mexican Question 44

3 Intermarriage in Tucson, 1860-1930 71

4 "The woman in question is not a white woman, but a Mexican": Relationships with Blacks and Chinese 101

5 Marital Expectations in the Borderlands 132.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780816532377

0816532370

OCLC:

922572275