Colonial Constitutionalism The Tyranny of

This book's focused case studies analyze each of America's quasi-colonies, revealing how the perpetuation of a this imperialist strategy has rendered the inhabitants second class citizens.

E. Robert Statham Jr. is Associate Professor of Political Science and Chair of the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of Guam

Preface

ix

Acknowledgments

xi

Introduction: Confronting the Tyranny of U.S. Territorial Extra-Constitutionalism: The Hyperextension of the Extended American Republic

1

(24)

The U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico: Pragmatism and the Empty Promise of Confederal Autonomy in the American Federal Republic

25

(26)

The United States vs. the U.S. Virgin Islands: The Purchase of the Danish West Indies and Their Inhabitants

51

(14)

U.S. Citizenship Policy in the Territory of Guam: The Making of One Out of Many, or Many Out of One?

65

(20)

The Unincorporated, Unorganized U.S. Territory of American Samoa: Samoan Traditionalism ``Faa-Samoa'' vs. American Constitutionalism

85

(18)

The Confederal/Federal U.S. Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands: A Paradox of ``Independent'' Dependency

103

(18)

The Freely-Associated States of Micronesia: Pragmatism vs. Principle in U.S. Foreign Policy

121

(18)

Conclusion: Self-Determination, Self-Government, and the Definition of Political Status in the U.S. Offshore Territories: A Quest for Justice

139

(16)

Index

155

(4)

About the Author

159

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