Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Census districts
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Geographic Areas Reference Manual
Author: United States. Bureau of the CensusPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Census districts
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1612
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1848
Book Description
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1970
Author: United States. Congress. House AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1438
Book Description
The Not-Quite States of America: Dispatches from the Territories and Other Far-Flung Outposts of the USA
Author: Doug MackPublisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393247619
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 333
Book Description
"To truly understand the United States, one must understand the 'not-quite states of America." —Mark Stein, best-selling author of How the States Got Their Shapes Everyone knows that America is 50 states and…some other stuff. Scattered shards in the Pacific and the Caribbean, the not-quite states—American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands—and their 4 million people are often forgotten, even by most Americans. But they’re filled with American flags, U.S. post offices, and Little League baseball games. How did these territories come to be part of the United States? What are they like? And why aren’t they states? When Doug Mack realized just how little he knew about the territories, he set off on a globe-hopping quest covering more than 30,000 miles to see them all. In the U.S. Virgin Islands, Mack examines the Founding Fathers’ arguments over expansion. He explores Polynesia’s outsize influence on American culture, from tiki bars to tattoos, in American Samoa. He tours Guam with members of a military veterans’ motorcycle club, who offer personal stories about the territory’s role in World War II and its present-day importance for the American military. In the Northern Mariana Islands, he learns about star-guided seafaring from one of the ancient tradition’s last practitioners. And everywhere he goes in Puerto Rico, he listens in on the lively debate over political status—independence, statehood, or the status quo. The Not-Quite States of America is an entertaining account of the territories’ place in the USA, and it raises fascinating questions about the nature of empire. As Mack shows, the territories aren’t mere footnotes to American history; they are a crucial part of the story.
Dictionary Catalog of the Department Library
Author: United States. Department of the Interior. LibraryPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Library catalogs
Languages : en
Pages : 722
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress SenatePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 2738
Book Description
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1968, Hearings Before ... 90-1, on H.R. 9029
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1382
Book Description
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for Fiscal Year 1971, Hearings Before ... 91-2, on H.R. 17619
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Appropriations CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1412
Book Description
Department of the Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations for 1971
Author: United States. Congress. House AppropriationsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1186
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