{"product_id":"white-enough-to-be-american-lauren-l-basson-9780807858370","title":"White Enough to Be American?: Race Mixing, Indigenous People, and the Boundaries of State and Nation","description":"Racial mixture posed a distinct threat to European American perceptions of the nation and state in the late nineteenth century, says Lauren Basson, as it exposed and disrupted the racial categories that organized political and social life in the United States. Offering a provocative conceptual approach to the study of citizenship, nationhood, and race, Basson explores how racial mixture challenged and sometimes changed the boundaries that defined what it meant to be American. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDrawing on government documents, press coverage, and firsthand accounts, Basson presents four fascinating case studies concerning indigenous people of \"mixed\" descent. She reveals how the ambiguous status of racially mixed people underscored the problematic nature of policies and practices based on clearly defined racial boundaries. Contributing to timely discussions about race, ethnicity, citizenship, and nationhood, Basson demonstrates how the challenges to the American political and legal systems posed by racial mixture helped lead to a new definition of what it meant to be American--one that relied on institutions of private property and white supremacy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lauren L. Basson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0807858374\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807858370\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of North Carolina Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/26\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.84lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.23h x 6.30w x 0.67d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMulticultural Review\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2008 pg. 61\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009","brand":"Lauren L. Basson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46962518491391,"sku":"9780807858370","price":37.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3118c6d5-0870-4808-b405-efa5ebe09a0e.jpg?v=1750651691","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/white-enough-to-be-american-lauren-l-basson-9780807858370","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}