The Not-Quite States of America
Subtitle: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA
By: Doug Mack
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: W.W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780393247602
Subjects: Insular possessions; Travel; Territories and possessions; Description and travel; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A Very Brief Note on the Territories and Their Various Designations; title: THE EMPIRE'S NEW CLOTHES: The Virgin Islands of the United States; title: FOREIGN IN A DOMESTIC SENSE: American Samoa; title: OFFSHORING THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: Guam; title: LAND OF OPPORTUNITY: The Northern Mariana Islands; title: BE TRUE TO YOUR HOME: Puerto Rico; title: THE FUTURE OF EMPIRE.