| Almost Citizens: Puerto Rico, the U.S. Constitution, and Empire Contributor(s): Erman, Sam (Author) |
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ISBN: 1108415490 ISBN-13: 9781108415491 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $61.74 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Law | Constitutional |
| Dewey: 342.730 |
| LCCN: 2018035531 |
| Series: Studies in Legal History (Hardcover) |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 6.2" W x 9.1" (1.30 lbs) 290 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Almost Citizens lays out the tragic story of how the United States denied Puerto Ricans full citizenship following annexation of the island in 1898. As America became an overseas empire, a handful of remarkable Puerto Ricans debated with US legislators, presidents, judges, and others over who was a citizen and what citizenship meant. This struggle caused a fundamental shift in constitution law: away from the post-Civil War regime of citizenship, rights, and statehood, and toward doctrines that accommodated racist imperial governance. Erman's gripping account shows how, in the wake of the Spanish-American War, administrators, lawmakers, and presidents together with judges deployed creativity and ambiguity to transform constitutional meaning for a quarter of a century. The result is a history in which the United States and Latin America, Reconstruction and empire, and law and bureaucracy intertwine. |
Contributor Bio(s): Erman, Sam: - Sam Erman is Associate Professor at the University of Southern California Gould School of Law. |