Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Introduction: The Rhetorical Wedge Between Preference and Prejudice 1
5. 1. Race and the Idea of Preference in the New Republic 11
6. 2. The Rhetoric of Blood and Mixture 35
7. 3. The Barrier of Good Taste 53
8. 4. Combating Abolitionism with the Species Argument 87
9. 5. Making “Miscegenation” 115
10. Epilogue: “Miscegenation” Today 145
11. Notes 149
12. Bibliography 179
13. Index 191
14. Acknowledgments 203