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Sanctioning Matrimony : Western Expansion and Interethnic Marriage in the Arizona Borderlands /

"This book examines intermarriage among Mexicans in the Tucson area between 1860 and 1930, shifting the focus away from marriages by the landed elite and onto the working class"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Acosta, Sal (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. Arizona's Miscegenation Law and Racial Prescriptions; 2. The Discourse of Manifest Destiny and the Mexican Question; 3. Intermarriage in Tucson, 1860-1930; 4. "The woman in question is not a white woman, but a Mexican": Relationships with Blacks and Chinese; 5. Marital Expectations in the Borderlands; Epilogue; Notes; Bibliography; Index.