Haney Lṕez, Ian F.

White by law the legal construction of race. - New York New York University Press 1996. - xiv, 296 p. 24 cm. - Critical America .

Includes bibliographical references (p. 261-278) and index.

Note on whiteness -- White lines -- Racial restrictions in the law of citizenship --The prerequisite cases -- Ozawa and Thind -- The legal constructions of race -- White race-consciousness -- The value to whites of whiteness -- Appendix A. The racial prerequisite cases -- Appendix B.Excerpts from selected prerequite cases.

0814750990 (acid-free paper)




Whites--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Race discrimination--Law and legislation--United States.

KF4755 / .H36 1996