From Unincorporated Territory to Commonwealth Connecting Decolonization and U.S. Empire
My essay examines the transition of the Philippines and Puerto Rico from U.S. unincorporated territories to U.S. commonwealths in the mid-twentieth century. It studies the ideas of progress that are associated with this shift in legal and political status in order to then consider how they promote p...
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| Language: | English |
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Université de Poitiers
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| Series: | Cahiers du MIMMOC |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/mimmoc/1392 |