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Race Mixing : Black-White Marriage in Postwar America.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2003Copyright date: ©2003Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (385 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780674042889
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Race MixingLOC classification:
  • HQ1031
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Explaining a Taboo -- 1. The Unintended Consequences of War -- 2. The Dangers of "Race Mixing" -- 3. Ambivalent Acceptance -- 4. Not Just Commies and Beatniks -- 5. Culture Wars and Schoolhouse Doors -- 6. The Rights Revolutions and Interracial Marriage -- 7. Talking Black and Sleeping White -- 8. Eroded but Not Erased -- Epilogue: Is Love the Answer? -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: On the eve of World War II, mixed-race marriage was illegal in most states. Yet 60 years later, black-white marriage is no longer illegal or a divisive political issue, and the number of such couples has risen dramatically. Romano explains how and why such marriages have gained acceptance, and what this tells us about American race relations today.
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Intro -- CONTENTS -- Acknowledgments -- Prologue: Explaining a Taboo -- 1. The Unintended Consequences of War -- 2. The Dangers of "Race Mixing" -- 3. Ambivalent Acceptance -- 4. Not Just Commies and Beatniks -- 5. Culture Wars and Schoolhouse Doors -- 6. The Rights Revolutions and Interracial Marriage -- 7. Talking Black and Sleeping White -- 8. Eroded but Not Erased -- Epilogue: Is Love the Answer? -- Notes -- Index.

On the eve of World War II, mixed-race marriage was illegal in most states. Yet 60 years later, black-white marriage is no longer illegal or a divisive political issue, and the number of such couples has risen dramatically. Romano explains how and why such marriages have gained acceptance, and what this tells us about American race relations today.

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