What is it about?
This essay discusses the diplomatic and internal problems caused by marriages between British women and men who differed from them in both race and nationality. Because of women's marital denationalization, both the Home Office and Foreign Office of Britain struggled to deal with any problems in such unions. The essay contrasts the determination of couples to marry as they wished with attempts by the British government to discourage them.
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Why is it important?
This essay adds to the literature of racial mixing in modern British history by adding in the factor of nationality. Nationality was not a fixed quality, but differed by race, class, and gender. The British government's reaction, then, was multi-focal and often contradictory.
Perspectives
This article is part of my larger project on mixed marriages, broadly defined. I hope readers will see the complexity of the legal and governmental issues involved.
Dr Ginger S. Frost
Samford University
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This page is a summary of: ‘Not always logical’: binational/biracial marriages in Britain, 1900–1940, The History of the Family, May 2019, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/1081602x.2019.1612768.
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