Taking assimilation to heart : marriages of white women and indigenous men in the United States and Australia, 1887-1937 / Katherine Ellinghaus.

Author/creator Ellinghaus, Katherine
Format Book
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2006.
Descriptionxxxiv, 276 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Interracial marriage--United States. --History. --19th century.
Interracial marriage--Australia. --History. --19th century.
Indians of North America--Cultural assimilation. --History. --19th century.
Aboriginal Australians--Cultural assimilation. --History. --19th century.
Indians of North America--Social conditions. --19th century.
Aboriginal Australians--Social conditions. --19th century.
Women, White--United States. --Family relationships. --History. --19th century.
Women, White--Australia. --Family relationships. --History. --19th century.
Indians of North America--Education. --Social aspects.

Contents Native American education and marriages at Hampton Institute -- Interracial marriages of male Carlisle Indian school alumni -- Educated Native American men and interracial marriage -- A middle-class white woman philanthropist and interracial marriage -- The broken promise of aboriginal education in Australia -- Regulating aboriginal marriages in Victoria -- White women married to aboriginal men -- Solving the "Indian problem" in the United States -- Absorbing the "aboriginal problem" in Australia.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [255]-270) and index.
LCCN 2006007395
ISBN080321829X (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780803218291

Availability

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