Colonial constitutionalism : the tyranny of United States' offshore territorial policy and relations / E. Robert Statham, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Statham, E. Robert.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States--Territories and possessions.

United States.

Physical Description:

xi, 159 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, [2002]

Summary:

This book's focused case studies analyze each of America's quasi-colonies, revealing how the perpetuation of a this 'imperialist' strategy has rendered the inhabitants second class citizens.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Confronting the Tyranny of U.S. Territorial Extra-Constitutionalism: The Hyperextension of the Extended American Republic 1

Chapter 2 The U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Pragmatism and the Empty Promise of Confederal Autonomy in the American Federal Republic 25

Chapter 3 The United States vs. the U.S. Virgin Islands: The Purchase of the Danish West Indies and Their Inhabitants 51

Chapter 4 U.S. Citizenship Policy in the Territory of Guam: The Making of One Out of Many, or Many Out of One? 65

Chapter 5 The Unincorporated, Unorganized U.S. Territory of American Samoa: Samoan Traditionalism "Faa-Samoa" vs. American Constitutionalism 85

Chapter 6 The Confederal/Federal U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: A Paradox of "Independent" Dependency 103

Chapter 7 The Freely-Associated States of Micronesia: Pragmatism vs. Principle in U.S. Foreign Policy 121

Chapter 8 Conclusion: Self-Determination, Self-Government, and the Defintion of Political Status in the U.S. Offshore Territories: A Quest for Justice 139.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0739103032

OCLC:

47443851