Property Rites : The Rhinelander Trial, Passing, and the Protection of Whiteness /
In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the daughter of a "colored" cabman. After being married only one month, Rhinelander pressed for the dissolution of his marriage on the...
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Chapel Hill :
The University of North Carolina Press,
[2009]
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |