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.

In this first single-authored history of Virginia since the 1970s, Peter Wallenstein traces major themes across four centuries in a brisk narrative that recalls the people and events that have shaped the Old Dominion.

Sidebars throughout the book offer further insight, while maps and appendixes of reference data make the volume a complete resource on Virginia’s history.

A detailed, in-depth account of the case, as compelling for its legal and historical insights as for its human drama, this book at long last clarifies the events and the personalities that reconfigured race, marriage, and law in America.

The studies in this collection incorporate important perspectives that have developed during the past two decades among scholars interested in gender and politics, the culture of resistance, and "the hegemonic function of ‘whiteness.’" ...

This is just one example of how law in Virginia has been transformed over the past century, as it has across the South and throughout the nation.

From VPI to State University is the story of the transformation of public higher education in the United States -- especially in the South -- in the 1960s.

These editions are published unaltered from the original, and are presented in affordable paperback formats, bringing readers both historical and cultural value.

This book will be of interest to historians, educators, students, and anyone interested in the development of higher education in America.