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Colonial constitutionalism : the tyranny of United States' offshore territorial policy and relations

This book's focused case studies analyze each of America's quasi-colonies, revealing how the perpetuation of a this 'imperialist' strategy has rendered the inhabitants second class citizens.
Print Book, English, ©2002
Lexington Books, Lanham, Md., ©2002
xi, 159 pages ; 23 cm
9780739103036, 9780739104323, 0739103032, 0739104322
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Chapter 1 Confronting the Tyranny of U.S. Territorial Extra-Constitutionalism: The Hyperextension of the Extended American Republic Chapter 2 The U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Pragmatism and the Empty Promise of Confederal Autonomy in the American Federal Republic Chapter 3 The United States v. The U.S. Virgin Islands: The Purchase of the Danish West Indies and their Inhabitants Chapter 4 U.S. Citizenship Policy in the Territory of Guam: The Making of One Out of Many, Or Many Out of One? Chapter 5 The Unincorporated, Unorganized U.S. Territory of American Samoa: Samoan Traditionalism—"Faa-Samoa" vs. American Constitutionalism Chapter 6 The Confederal/Federal U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: A Paradox of "Independent" Dependency Chapter 7 The Freely Associated States of Micronesia: Pragmatism vs. Principle in U.S. Foreign Policy Chapter 8 Self-Determination, Self-Government, and the Definition of Political Status in the U.S. Offshore Territories: A Quest for Justice