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"I can hardly contain my enthusiasm for this project, which brings together an array of authoritative scholars in the field. Foreign in a Domestic Sense is the most important work of its kind of our generation, a book that advances the scholarship while having a material impact on current and future debates about Puerto Rico's self-determination."- Francisco A. Scarano, author of Puerto Rico: Cinco Siglos de Historia
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In this groundbreaking study of American imperialism, leading legal scholars address the problem of the U.S. territories. Foreign in a Domestic Sense will redefine the boundaries of constitutional scholarship.
More than four million U.S. citizens currently live in five “unincorporated” U.S. territories. The inhabitants of these vestiges of an American empire are denied full representation in Congress and cannot vote in presidential elections. Focusing on Puerto Rico, the largest and most populous of the territories, Foreign in a Domestic Sense sheds much-needed light on the United States’ unfinished colonial experiment and its legacy of racially rooted imperialism, while insisting on the centrality of these “marginal” regions in any serious treatment of American constitutional history. For one hundred years, Puerto Ricans have struggled to define their place in a nation that neither wants them nor wants to let them go. They are caught in a debate too politicized to yield meaningful answers. Meanwhile, doubts concerning the constitutionality of keeping colonies have languished on the margins of mainstream scholarship, overlooked by scholars outside the island and ignored by the nation at large.
This book does more than simply fill a glaring omission in the study of race, cultural identity, and the Constitution; it also makes a crucial contribution to the study of American federalism, serves as a foundation for substantive debate on Puerto Rico’s status, and meets an urgent need for dialogue on territorial status between the mainlandd and the territories.
More than four million U.S. citizens currently live in five “unincorporated” U.S. territories. The inhabitants of these vestiges of an American empire are denied full representation in Congress and cannot vote in presidential elections. Focusing on Puerto Rico, the largest and most populous of the territories, Foreign in a Domestic Sense sheds much-needed light on the United States’ unfinished colonial experiment and its legacy of racially rooted imperialism, while insisting on the centrality of these “marginal” regions in any serious treatment of American constitutional history. For one hundred years, Puerto Ricans have struggled to define their place in a nation that neither wants them nor wants to let them go. They are caught in a debate too politicized to yield meaningful answers. Meanwhile, doubts concerning the constitutionality of keeping colonies have languished on the margins of mainstream scholarship, overlooked by scholars outside the island and ignored by the nation at large.
This book does more than simply fill a glaring omission in the study of race, cultural identity, and the Constitution; it also makes a crucial contribution to the study of American federalism, serves as a foundation for substantive debate on Puerto Rico’s status, and meets an urgent need for dialogue on territorial status between the mainlandd and the territories.
Contributors. José Julián Álvarez González, Roberto Aponte Toro, Christina Duffy Burnett, José A. Cabranes, Sanford Levinson, Burke Marshall, Gerald L. Neuman, Angel R. Oquendo, Juan Perea, Efrén Rivera Ramos, Rogers M. Smith, E. Robert Statham Jr., Brook Thomas, Richard Thornburgh, Juan R. Torruella, José Trías Monge, Mark Tushnet, Mark Weiner
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It is now a century since the war that brought Puerto Rico under the American flag-the war that John Hay described (in a famous letter to his friend and political ally Theodore Roosevelt) as "the splendid little war; begun with the highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that fortune which loves the brave." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
territorial inhabitants, territorial clause, uniformity clause, commonwealth structure, territorial incorporation, enhanced commonwealth, disembodied shade, insular territories, partial members, supra note, unincorporated territories, congressional discretion, proprio vigore, domestic sense, unincorporated territory, commonwealth status, local constitution, asymmetrical federalism, word colonialism, status dilemma, territorial residents, status debate, federal citizenship, constitutional federalism, territorial relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Insular Cases, Foraker Act, Porto Rico, Rivera Ramos, Fourteenth Amendment, New Mexico, Treaty of Paris, District of Columbia, Harvard Law Review, Bill of Rights, United Nations, Theodore Roosevelt, Laws Ann, The Federalist, Henry Cabot Lodge, New Progressive Party, Dred Scott, House of Representatives, New York, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Chief Justice Marshall, Louisiana Purchase New!
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It is now a century since the war that brought Puerto Rico under the American flag-the war that John Hay described (in a famous letter to his friend and political ally Theodore Roosevelt) as "the splendid little war; begun with the highest motives, carried on with magnificent intelligence and spirit, favored by that fortune which loves the brave." Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
territorial inhabitants, territorial clause, uniformity clause, commonwealth structure, territorial incorporation, enhanced commonwealth, disembodied shade, insular territories, partial members, supra note, unincorporated territories, congressional discretion, proprio vigore, domestic sense, unincorporated territory, commonwealth status, local constitution, asymmetrical federalism, word colonialism, status dilemma, territorial residents, status debate, federal citizenship, constitutional federalism, territorial relations Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican, Insular Cases, Foraker Act, Porto Rico, Rivera Ramos, Fourteenth Amendment, New Mexico, Treaty of Paris, District of Columbia, Harvard Law Review, Bill of Rights, United Nations, Theodore Roosevelt, Laws Ann, The Federalist, Henry Cabot Lodge, New Progressive Party, Dred Scott, House of Representatives, New York, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Chief Justice Marshall, Louisiana Purchase New!
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