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Divided sovereignties : race, nationhood, and citizenship in nineteenth-century America /

"In 18th- and 19th-century debates about the constructions of American nationhood and national citizenship, the frequently invoked concept of divided sovereignty signified the division of power between state and federal authorities and/or the possibility of one nation residing within the geopol...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Zuck, Rochelle Raineri (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Athens : The University of Georgia Press, 2016.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Introduction: Imperium in Imperio and the division of sovereignty in American literature and public argument
  • "In the heart of so powerful a nation" : Cherokee sovereignty, political allegiance, and national spaces
  • "And Ethiopia shall stretch forth her hands" : African colonization, divided sovereignty, and rhetorics of an African imperium
  • "Space for action" : divided sovereignty, political allegiance, and African American nationhood in the 1850s
  • "An Irish Republic (on paper)" : the Fenian Brotherhood, virtual nationhood, and contested sovereignties
  • "China in the United States" : extraterritorial sovereignty, the six companies, and rhetorics of a Chinese imperium
  • Conclusion: Becoming minority nations in nineteenth-century America.