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Kahn, Jeffrey S.,

Islands of sovereignty : Haitian migration and the borders of empire / Jeffrey S. Kahn. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white). - The Chicago series in law and society Chicago scholarship online . - Chicago series in law and society. Chicago scholarship online. .

Also issued in print: 2019.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

Specialized.

ISBN: 9780226587554 No price

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Emigration and immigration law--United States.
Coastal surveillance--United States.
Refugees--Legal status, laws, etc.--United States.
Refugees--Haiti.
Border security--United States.
Politics and Government.
Politics & government.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
United States--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.
United States--Emigration and immigration.
Haiti--Emigration and immigration.

LC Class. No.: JV6483 / .K35 2019

Dewey Class. No.: 325.73097294