Title:
Borderline citizens : the United States, Puerto Rico, and the politics of colonial migration / Robert C. McGreevey.
Author:
McGreevey, Robert, author.
Publication Information:
Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2018.
©2018
Call Number:
E184.P85 M38 2018
Abstract:
"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.
ISBN:
9781501716140
Series:
The United States in the world
United States in the world.
Physical Description:
xii, 250 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Contents:
Introduction : migration and empire -- America's Caribbean frontier -- The rise of national status -- Labor networks -- Citizenship and statelessness -- "Working people going north" -- Colonial migrants in New York -- Conclusion : U.S. empire and the boundaries of the nation.
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