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*1 : to [[unite]] in or as if in an amalgam; especially : to merge into a single [[body]]
*1 : to [[unite]] in or as if in an amalgam; especially : to merge into a single [[body]]
==Description==
==Description==
'''Amalgamation''' is a now largely archaic term for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaith_marriage intermarriage[ and interbreeding of [[different]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_group ethnicities] or [[races]]. In the [[English]]-speaking world, the term was in use into the twentieth century. In the United States, it was partly replaced after 1863 by the term [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation miscegenation]. While the term amalgamation could refer to the interbreeding of [[different]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whites white] as well as non-white ethnicities, the term miscegenation referred specifically to the interbreeding of whites and non-whites, especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans African Americans].
'''Amalgamation''' is a now largely archaic term for the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interfaith_marriage intermarriage and interbreeding] of [[different]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnic_group ethnicities] or [[races]]. In the [[English]]-speaking world, the term was in use into the twentieth century. In the United States, it was partly replaced after 1863 by the term [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miscegenation miscegenation]. While the term amalgamation could refer to the interbreeding of [[different]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whites white] as well as non-white ethnicities, the term miscegenation referred specifically to the interbreeding of whites and non-whites, especially [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_Americans African Americans].
The term amalgamation was derived from metallurgy (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_(chemistry) amalgam]). It has been linked to the [[metaphor]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_pot melting pot], which also originated in the US, and which described the [[cultural]] assimilation and intermarriage of [[different]] ethnicities. The intermarriage of whites with African Americans and, to a lesser [[degree]], other non-whites was until recently in [[social]] [[Stigma|disfavor]] in the United States, despite the long [[history]] of informal [[liaisons]] between white men and nonwhite women during the long years of [[slavery]] and after emancipation. Until 1967, interracial marriages were prohibited in many US states through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws anti-miscegenation laws].
The term amalgamation was derived from metallurgy (see [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalgam_(chemistry) amalgam]). It has been linked to the [[metaphor]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melting_pot melting pot], which also originated in the US, and which described the [[cultural]] assimilation and intermarriage of [[different]] ethnicities. The intermarriage of whites with African Americans and, to a lesser [[degree]], other non-whites was until recently in [[social]] [[Stigma|disfavor]] in the United States, despite the long [[history]] of informal [[liaisons]] between white men and nonwhite women during the long years of [[slavery]] and after emancipation. Until 1967, interracial marriages were prohibited in many US states through [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-miscegenation_laws anti-miscegenation laws].
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[[Category: Sociology]]
