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Almost citizens : Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and empire / Sam Erman, University of Southern California.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Erman, Sam, author.
- Series:
- Studies in legal history
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Citizenship--United States.
- Citizenship.
- Puerto Ricans--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Puerto Ricans.
- United States.
- Puerto Ricans--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.
- Puerto Rico--International status.
- Puerto Rico.
- Puerto Rico--Politics and government--1898-1952.
- Politics and government.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xv, 275 pages) : illustrations.
- Edition:
- First ED.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2019.
- [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], [2019]
- System Details:
- text file
- 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.
- Notes:
- 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.
- Paperpack has statement: First paperback edition on title page verso.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 162-265) and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Cambridge Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on print version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles D. Dickey, Jr., Fund.
- Other Format:
- ebook version :
- ISBN:
- 9781108233866
- 1108233864
- Publisher Number:
- 99988211216
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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