What blood won't tell : a history of race on trial in America /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gross, Ariela J., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2008.
Subjects:
Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc. > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Minority Studies.
HISTORY > United States > General.
Minorities > Legal status, laws, etc.
Race discrimination > Law and legislation
Race relations
United States > Race relations.
États-Unis > Relations raciales.
United States
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The common sense of race
  • Performing whiteness
  • Race as association
  • Citizenship of the "little races"
  • Black Indian identity in the allotment era
  • From nation to race in Hawai'i
  • Racial science, immigration, and the "white races"
  • Mexican Americans and the "Caucasian cloak"
  • Conclusion: the common sense of race today.

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