The Not-Quite States of America : dispatches from the territories and other far-flung outposts of the USA /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mack, Doug (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2017]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Mack, Doug > Travel. United States > Territories and possessions > History. United States > Insular possessions > History. United States > Territories and possessions > Description and travel. United States > Insular possessions > Description and travel.

Table of Contents:

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
The future of empire.