Tell the Court I Love My Wife
Race, Marriage, and Law--An American History
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Discrimination & Race Relations, History, Americas, United States
| Author: | Peter Wallenstein | ISBN: | 9781466892613 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press | Publication: | March 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | St. Martin's Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Peter Wallenstein |
| ISBN: | 9781466892613 |
| Publisher: | St. Martin's Press |
| Publication: | March 24, 2015 |
| Imprint: | St. Martin's Press |
| Language: | English |
The first in-depth history of miscegenation law in the United States, this book illustrates in vivid detail how states, communities, and the courts have defined and regulated mixed-race marriage from the colonial period to the present. Combining a storyteller's detail with a historian's analysis, Peter Wallenstein brings the sagas of Richard and Mildred Loving and countless other interracial couples before them to light in this harrowing history of how individual states had the power to regulate one of the most private aspects of life: marriage.
The first in-depth history of miscegenation law in the United States, this book illustrates in vivid detail how states, communities, and the courts have defined and regulated mixed-race marriage from the colonial period to the present. Combining a storyteller's detail with a historian's analysis, Peter Wallenstein brings the sagas of Richard and Mildred Loving and countless other interracial couples before them to light in this harrowing history of how individual states had the power to regulate one of the most private aspects of life: marriage.
