What comes naturally : miscegenation law and the making of race in America / Peggy Pascoe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pascoe, Peggy.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

James Lader Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Multiracial people--Legal status, laws, etc--United States--History.

Multiracial people.

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

Miscegenation (Racist theory).

Interracial marriage--United States--History.

Interracial marriage.

History.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (404 pages) : illustrations, maps

Other Title:

Miscegenation law and the making of race in America

Place of Publication:

Oxford, England ; New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2009.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Maps

Introduction

Part I: Miscegenation law and constitutional equality, 1863-1900

1: Engendering miscegenation

2: Sexualizing miscegenation law

Part 2: Miscegenation law and race classification, 1860-1948

3: Configuring race in the American West

4: Facts of race in the courtroom

5: Seeing like a racial state

Part 3: Miscegenation law and its opponents, 1913-1967

6: Between a rock and a hard place

7: Interracial marriage as a natural right

8: Interracial marriage as a civil right

Part 4: Politics of colorblindness, 1967-2000

9: Lionizing loving

Conclusion: Ghost of the past

Acknowledgments

Abbreviations

Notes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-389) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the James Lader Fund.

ISBN:

9780199723249

0199723249

Publisher Number:

99985519532

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.