Islands of sovereignty : Haitian migration and the borders of empire / Jeffrey S. Kahn.
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TextSeries: Chicago series in law and society | Chicago scholarship onlinePublisher: Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2019Description: 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white)Content type: - text
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- computer
- online resource
- 9780226587554
- United States -- Emigration and immigration -- Government policy
- United States -- Emigration and immigration
- Emigration and immigration law -- United States
- Coastal surveillance -- United States
- Refugees -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States
- Refugees -- Haiti
- Haiti -- Emigration and immigration
- Border security -- United States
- Politics and Government
- Politics & government
- 325.73097294 23
- JV6483 .K35 2019
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.
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