What Blood Wont Tell - A History of Race on Trial in America

Informationen zum Autor Ariela J. Gross Klappentext Unearthing the legal history of racial identity, Gross¿s book examines the paradoxical and often circular relationship of race and the perceived capacity for citizenship in American society. Zusammenfassung Unearthing the legal history of racial identity, Gross’s book examines the paradoxical and often circular relationship of race and the perceived capacity for citizenship in American society. Inhaltsverzeichnis * A Note on Terminology * Introduction *1. The Common Sense of Race *2. Performing Whiteness *3. Race as Association *4. Citizenship of the "Little Races" *5. Black Indian Identity in the Allotment Era *6. From Nation to Race in Hawai'i *7. Racial Science! Immigration! and the "White Races" *8. Mexican Americans and the "Caucasian Cloak" * Conclusion: The Common Sense of Race Today * Notes * Acknowledgments * Index

Product details

• Authors: Ariela J Gross, Ariela J. Gross, Ariela Julie Gross
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2010
• EAN: 9780674047983
• ISBN: 978-0-674-04798-3
• No. of pages: 384
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Ethnic Studies, History, HISTORY / United States / General, LAW / Civil Rights, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Law: Human rights and civil liberties