Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire

ISBN-13: 9781108401494 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 291 str.

Sam Erman

Opis

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.

Recenzje

'Almost Citizens provides the most detailed discussion yet of the politics and maneuvers that formed part of the definition of the legal status of Puerto Ricans during first 20 years of US colonial rule … The book is well documented with detailed footnotes.' Aldo Lauria Santiago, CENTRO Journal

Spis treści

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.