One Nation, One Blood: Interracial Marriage in American Fiction, Scandal, and Law, 1820-1870
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The proscription against interracial marriage was for many years a flashpoint in American culture. In One Nation, One Blood, Karen Woods Weierman explores this taboo by investigating the traditional link between marriage and property. Her research reveals that the opposition to intermarriage originated in large measure in the nineteenth-century desire for Indian land and African labor. Yet despite the white majority's overwhelming rejection of nonwhite...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:155849801X
ISBN13:9781558498013
Release Date:October 2010
Publisher:University of Massachusetts Press
Length:224 Pages
Weight:0.74 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
Grade Range:Postsecondary and higher
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