Islands of Sovereignty: Haitian Migration and the Borders of Empire

by Jeffrey S. Kahn

Book Overview

In Islands of Sovereignty, anthropologist and legal scholar Jeffrey S. Kahn offers a new interpretation of the transformation of US borders during the late twentieth century and its implications for our understanding of the nation-state as a legal and political form. Kahn takes us on a voyage into the immigration tribunals of South Florida, the Coast Guard vessels patrolling the northern Caribbean, and the camps of Guant namo Bay--once the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022658741X
• ISBN13: 9780226587417
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 8.9"