Beyond Black and White

by Cole, Stephanie; Parker, Alison M.; Edwards, Laura F.

• ISBN13: 9781585443192
• ISBN10: 1585443190
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-01
• Publisher: Texas A & M Univ Pr

Summary

Although Americans have traditionally treated race relations as a matter of black and white, race in this country is much more complex. "Beyond Black and White brings new perspectives to the oversimplification of racial categories and new insight into the complexity of social relationships in these two important regions. All those interested in race and public policy as well as social activism directed toward racial, ethnic, and gender issues will find in these thought-provoking analyses a doorway to deeper understanding.

Author Biography

Stephanie Cole is an associate professor of history at the University of Texas at Arlington Alison M. Parker is an associate professor of history at SUNY Brockport

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction, by Nancy A. Hewitt	xi
Chapter 1. The People's Sovereignty and the Law: Defining Gender, Race, and Class Differences in the Antebellum South, by Laura F. Edwards	3	(32)
Chapter 2. Muerto por Unos Desconocidos (Killed by Persons Unknown): Mob Violence against Blacks and Mexicans, by William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb	35	(40)
Chapter 3. Finding Race in Turn-of-the-Century Dallas, by Stephanie Cole	75	(22)
Chapter 4. Being American in Boley, Oklahoma, by Sarah Deutsch	97	(26)
Chapter 5. Partly Colored or Other White: Mexican Americans and Their Problem with the Color Line, by Neil Foley	123	(22)
List of Contributors	145