Making never-never land : race and law in the creation of Puerto Rico /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Jiménez, Mónica A. (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2024]
Series:	Latinx histories.
Subjects:	Race discrimination > Law and legislation > United States > History. Constitutional law > United States > Territories and possessions. Constitutional law > Political aspects > Puerto Rico. Constitutional law > Social aspects > Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico > Colonial influence. Puerto Rico > Politics and government > 20th century. Puerto Rico > Politics and government > 21st century. United States > Relations > Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico > Relations > United States. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Downes v. Bidwell: birth of an exceptional territory
Legacies: racial exclusion and the "American" state of exception
Puerto Rico remade
No longer a non-self-governing area: creating the Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico in never-never land.