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The not-quite states of America : dispatches from the territories and other far-flung outposts of the USA / Doug Mack.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton & Company, c2017Edition: First editionDescription: xxviii, 306 pages : maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780393247602
  • 0393247600
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 909/.0971273 23
LOC classification:
  • F965 .M33 2017
Contents:
Introduction -- A very brief note on the territories and their various designations -- The empire's new clothes: the Virgin Islands of the United States -- Foreign in a domestic sense: American Samoa -- Offshoring the American experience: Guam -- Land of opportunity: the Northern Mariana Islands -- Be true to your home: Puerto Rico -- Epilogue: The future of empire.
Summary: Traces the author's explorations of U.S. territories including American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands to juxtapose their blends of culture against the expansionist views of the Founding Fathers.
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Book Chanute Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Chanute Public Library Adult Books 909 MAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34316002497238
Book Iola Public Library Adult Non-Fiction Iola Public Library Adult Books 909.09712 Mack, Doug (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 34311002635432

Includes bibliographical references (pages [285]-287) and index.

Introduction -- A very brief note on the territories and their various designations -- The empire's new clothes: the Virgin Islands of the United States -- Foreign in a domestic sense: American Samoa -- Offshoring the American experience: Guam -- Land of opportunity: the Northern Mariana Islands -- Be true to your home: Puerto Rico -- Epilogue: The future of empire.

Traces the author's explorations of U.S. territories including American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Northern Mariana Islands to juxtapose their blends of culture against the expansionist views of the Founding Fathers.

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