Almost Citizens

Autorentext
Sam Erman is Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

Zusammenfassung
Almost Citizens traces the struggles over citizenship waged between US officials and Puerto Rican individuals, which led to a seismic constitutional shift away from citizenship, rights, and statehood, and toward racist imperial governance.

Inhalt
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, 190205; 5. Reconstructing Puerto Rico, 190409; 6. The Jones Act and the long path to collective naturalization; Conclusion.

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