What blood won't tell : a history of race on trial in america / Ariela J. Gross.

Author/creator Gross, Ariela J., 1965-
Format Book
Publication InfoCambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2008.
Descriptionx, 368 pages ; 24 cm
Subjects
Race discrimination--Law and legislation. --United States.
Minorities--Legal status, laws, etc. --United States.
United States--Race relations.

Contents The common sense of race -- Performing whiteness -- Race as association -- Citizenship of the "little races" -- Black Indian identity in the allotment era -- From nation to race in Hawai'i -- Racial science, immigration, and the "white races" -- Mexican Americans and the "Caucasian cloak".
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2008011271
ISBN9780674031302 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN067403130X (cloth : alk. paper)