Borderline Citizens: The United States, Puerto Rico, and the Politics of Colonial Migration

by Robert McGreevey

Book Overview

Borderline Citizens explores the intersection of U.S. colonial power and Puerto Rican migration. Robert C. McGreevey examines a series of confrontations in the early decades of the twentieth century between colonial migrants seeking work and citizenship in the metropole and various groups--employers, colonial officials, court officers, and labor leaders--policing the borders of the U.S. economy and polity. Borderline Citizens...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501764608
• ISBN13: 9781501764608
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 264 Pages
• Weight: 0.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher