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Race and the Cherokee Nation: Sovereignty in the Nineteenth Century Randal Hall
Race and the Cherokee Nation: Sovereignty in the Nineteenth Century
Randal Hall
By defining and policing interracial sex, nineteenth-century Cherokee lawmakers preserved political sovereignty, delineated Cherokee identity, and established a social hierarchy. This work examines how leaders of the Cherokee Nation fostered a racial ideology through the regulation of interracial marriage.
200 pages, 7 illus.
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | January 15, 2008 |
| ISBN13 | 9780812240566 |
| Publishers | University of Pennsylvania Press |
| Pages | 200 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 162 × 23 mm · 453 g |
| Language | English |