| Tell the Court I Love My Wife: Race, Marriage, and Law-An American History Contributor(s): Wallenstein, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 1403964084 ISBN-13: 9781403964083 Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin OUR PRICE: $33.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2004 Annotation: The first in-depth history of miscegenation law in the United States, this book illustrates in vivid detail how states, communities, and the courts have defined and regulated mixed-race marriage from the colonial period to the present. Combining a storyteller's detail with a historian's analysis, Peter Wallenstein brings the sagas of Richard and Mildred Loving and countless other interracial couples before them to light in this harrowing history of how individual states had the power to regulate one of the most private aspects of life: marriage. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - General - Law - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2004616457 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 9" (1.10 lbs) 305 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
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| Publisher Description: The first in-depth history of miscegenation law in the United States, this book illustrates in vivid detail how states, communities, and the courts have defined and regulated mixed-race marriage from the colonial period to the present. Combining a storyteller's detail with a historian's analysis, Peter Wallenstein brings the sagas of Richard and Mildred Loving and countless other interracial couples before them to light in this harrowing history of how individual states had the power to regulate one of the most private aspects of life: marriage. |
Contributor Bio(s): Wallenstein, Peter: - Peter Wallenstein is Associate Professor of History at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. He is the author of From Slave South to New South and Virginia Tech, Land Grant University, 1872-1997. |