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Property rites : the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness

Title: Property rites : the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness / Elizabeth M. Smith-Pryor.
Author: Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M.
Publication: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

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Description

xiii, 391 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-372) and index.

Contents

Curious acts -- "All mixed up" in New York -- The trial begins -- Passing and the "seemingly absurd question" of race -- Defending the citadel of whiteness from the "awful stain" -- The trial continues : degeneracy, modern love, and "filthy letters" -- "Poor little cupid" and the marriage contract -- Blind love and the visibility of race -- The trial ends.

Call Number

Sc E 09-775

ISBN

9780807859391 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0807859397 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780807832684 (cloth : alk. paper)
0807832685 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN

2008047143

OCLC

261174617

Author

Smith-Pryor, Elizabeth M.

Title

Property rites : the Rhinelander trial, passing, and the protection of whiteness / Elizabeth M. Smith-Pryor.

Imprint

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2009.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. [341]-372) and index.

Research Call Number

Sc E 09-775

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