Sanctioning matrimony : western expansion and interethnic marriage in the Arizona borderlands /

Sanctioning matrimony : western expansion and interethnic marriage in the Arizona borderlands /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Acosta, Sal, author.
Imprint:	Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	xii, 239 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Interracial marriage -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 19th century. Interracial marriage -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th century. Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Social conditions -- 19th century. Mexican Americans -- Arizona -- Tucson -- Social conditions -- 20th century. Social classes -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 19th century. Social classes -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th century. Interracial marriage -- Law and legislation -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 19th century. Interracial marriage -- Law and legislation -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th century. Miscegenation -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 19th century. Miscegenation -- Arizona -- Tucson -- History -- 20th century. Interracial marriage. Interracial marriage -- Law and legislation. Mexican Americans -- Social conditions. Miscegenation. Social classes. Arizona -- Tucson. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10539747

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ISBN:	9780816532377 0816532370
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"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.

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