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Almost citizens Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and empire
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Almost citizens [electronic resource] : Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and empire / Sam Erman, University of Southern California.
ISBN
9781108246453 (electronic bk.)
1108246451 (electronic bk.)
9781108415491
1108415490
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Copyright Notice Date
©2019
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 275 pages) : illustrations.
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Based on author's thesis (doctoral - University of Michigan, 2010), issued under title: Puerto Rico and the Promise of United States Citizenship : Struggles around Status in a New Empire, 1898-1917.
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 25, 2019
Series
Studies in legal history
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-265) and index.
Contents
Introduction
1898 : "The constitutional lion in the path"
The Constitution and the new U.S. expansion : debating the status of the Islands
"We are naturally Americans" : Federico Degetau and Santiago Iglesias pursue citizenship
"American aliens" : Isabel Gonzalez, Domingo Collazo, Federico Degetau, and the Supreme Court, 1902-1905
Reconstructing Puerto Rico, 1904-1909
The Jones Act and the long path to collective naturalization
Conclusion.
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