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Borderline citizens : the United States, Puerto Rico, and the politics of colonial migration / Robert C. McGreevey.
Van Pelt Library E184.P85 M38 2018
By Request
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- McGreevey, Robert, author.
- Series:
- United States in the world
- The United States in the world
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Puerto Ricans--United States--History--20th century.
- Puerto Ricans.
- Puerto Ricans--Migrations--History--20th century.
- Citizenship.
- History.
- Emigration and immigration.
- Colonial influence.
- Puerto Ricans--Migrations.
- Puerto Rico--Colonial influence.
- Puerto Rico.
- Puerto Rico--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- United States--Emigration and immigration--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Citizenship--United States--History--20th century.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "This book explores how colonial migrations have been coproduced by the interaction of legal categories, changing political economies, and the demands of migrants themselves"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction : migration and empire
- America's Caribbean frontier
- The rise of national status
- Labor networks
- Citizenship and statelessness
- Working people going north
- The Empire State : colonial migrants in New York
- Conclusion : U.S. empire and the boundaries of the nation.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McGreevey, Robert. Borderline citizens.
- ISBN:
- 9781501716140
- 150171614X
- OCLC:
- 1012685706
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