Racial crossings [electronic resource] : race, intermarriage, and the Victorian British Empire / Damon Ieremia Salesa.
Series: Oxford historical monographs: Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2011Description: 1 online resource (x, 295 p.).ISBN: 9780191729423 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Interracial marriage -- Great Britain -- History -- 19th century | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Race relations | Great Britain -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century
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Moving away from conventional theories about Victorian attitudes towards race, Salesa focuses on an an array of equally influential, yet seemingly opposite, ideas where racial crossing was seen as a means of improvement, a way to manage racial conflict or create new societies, or even a way to promote the rule of law.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.