Almost Citizens - Puerto Rico, the U.s. Constitution, and Empire

Tells the tragic story of Puerto Ricans who sought the post-Civil War regime of citizenship, rights, and statehood but instead received racist imperial governance.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction; 1. 1898: 'The constitutional lion in the path'; 2. The Constitution and the new US expansion: debating the status of the Islands; 3. 'We are naturally Americans': Federico Degetau and Santiago Iglesias pursue citizenship; 4. 'American aliens': Isabel Gonzalez, Domingo Collazo, Federico Degetau, and the Supreme Court, 1902-1905; 5. Reconstructing Puerto Rico, 1904-1909; 6. The Jones Act and the long path to collective naturalization; Conclusion.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Sam Erman is Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

Zusammenfassung

Almost Citizens traces the struggles over citizenship waged between US officials and Puerto Rican individuals, which led to a seismic constitutional shift away from citizenship, rights, and statehood, and toward racist imperial governance.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sam Erman, Sam (University of Southern California) Erman, Erman Sam
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781108415491
• ISBN: 978-1-108-41549-1
• Seiten: 290
• Serien: Studies in Legal History; Studies in Legal History (Hard; Studies in Legal History; Studies in Legal History (Hard
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte; Sachbuch > Geschichte > Sonstiges; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Recht > Internationales Recht, Ausländisches Recht; USA, Puerto Rico, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Legal History, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, History and Archaeology, Citizenship and nationality law, Citizenship & nationality law