America's Colony : : The Political and Cultural Conflict between the United States and Puerto Rico / / Pedro A Malavet.
The precise legal nature of the relationship between the United States and the people of Puerto Rico was not explicitly determined in 1898 when the Treaty of Paris transferred sovereignty over Puerto Rico from Spain to the United States. Since then, many court cases, beginning in 1901, have been ins...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2000-2013 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2004] ©2004 |
| Year of Publication: | 2004 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Critical America ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Gracias (Thanks)
- Introduction: Why I Am Here
- 1. Race, Culture, Colonialism, Citizenships, and Latina/o Critical Race Theory
- 2. The Legal Relationship between Puerto Rico and the Estados Unidos de Norteamérica (United States of America)
- 3. Puerto Rican Political Culture
- 4. Puerto Rican Cultural Nationhood
- 5. Theorizing a New Reality of Citizenship and Nation
- 6. A Framework for Legal Reform
- 7. Conclusion
- Notes
- Index
- About the Author