Although Americans have traditionally treated race relations as a 
matter of black and white, race in this country is much more 
complex. Beyond Black and White brings new perspectives to the 
oversimplification of racial categories and new insight into the 
complexity of social relationships in these two important regions.

    All those interested in race and public policy as well as social 
activism directed toward racial, ethnic, and gender issues will find in 
these thoughtprovoking analyses a doorway to deeper understanding.

    Contents:

“Introduction”—Nancy A. Hewitt

“The People’s Sovereignty and the Law: Defining Gender, Race, 
and Class Differences in the Antebellum South”—Laura F. Edwards

“Muerto por Unos Desconcidos (Killed by Persons Unknown): Mob 
Violence against African Americans and Mexican Americans
”—William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb

“Finding Race in Turn-of-the-Century Dallas”—Stephanie Cole

“Being American in Boley, Oklahoma”—Sarah Deutsch

“Partly Colored or Other White: Mexican Americans and Their 
Problem with the Color Line”—Neil Foley

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STEPHANIE COLE is an associate professor of history at the 
University of Texas at Arlington. ALISON M. PARKER is an 
associate professor of history at SUNY–Brockport in New York.


Number Thirty-five: Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures


What people are saying about this book


". . . a fascinating book that makes an important contribution to 
this dialogue."—Journal of American Ethnic History, Fall 2006

". . . a most timely contribution to a subject that is sure to attract 
interest when the country is experiencing increased racial diversity."
—Arnoldo de Leon, Southwestern Historical Quarterly