Borderline Citizens - The United States, Puerto Rico, and the Politics of Colonial Migration

Borderline Citizens explores the intersection of U.S. colonial power and Puerto Rican migration. Robert C. McGreevey examines a series of confrontations in the early decades of the twentieth century between colonial migrants seeking work and citizenship in the metropole and various groups-employers, colonial officials, court officers, and labor...

Summary

Borderline Citizens explores the intersection of U.S. colonial power and Puerto Rican migration. Robert C. McGreevey examines a series of confrontations in the early decades of the twentieth century between colonial migrants seeking work and citizenship in the metropole and various groups—employers, colonial officials, court officers, and labor...

Product details

• Authors: Robert C. McGreevey
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9781501716140
• ISBN: 978-1-5017-1614-0
• No. of pages: 264
• Series: United States in the World; United States in the World
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Miscellaneous