Includes bibliographical references (p. [319]-344) and index.
Contents:
The criminal ban on miscegenation as a contested site -- Creating a constitutional order : 1865-82 -- The elements of miscegenation and its threat to the family : 1883-1917 -- Litigating race : 1918-28 -- Consolidating and embedding White supremacy : 1928-40 -- White power and public policy in testamentary disputes : 1914-44 -- Portraying the static state : 1941-54 -- Race and the legacy of the supremacist state.
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