TY - BOOK AU - Romano,Renee C. TI - Race Mixing: Black-White Marriage in Postwar America SN - 9780674042889 AV - HQ1031 PY - 2003/// CY - Cambridge PB - Harvard University Press KW - Interracial marriage-United States KW - United States-Race relations KW - Electronic books N1 - 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 N2 - 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 UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=3300401 ER -