National Mythologies: U.S. Citizenship for the People of Puerto Rico and Military Service

That Puerto Ricans became American citizens in 1917 have been attributed by many to the need for soldiers as the U.S. entered the First World War. Such belief has been enshrined in Puerto Rican popular national mythology. While there is a rich body of literature surrounding the decision to extend U....

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Autor principal: Harry Franqui-Rivera
Formato: Artículo científico
Publicado: Universidad del Norte 2013
Materias:
Historia
U.S. citizenship
military service
World War I
Puerto Rico
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http://biblioteca.clacso.edu.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=co/co-015&d=85529051004oai
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topic Historia
U.S. citizenship
military service
World War I
Puerto Rico
spellingShingle Historia
U.S. citizenship
military service
World War I
Puerto Rico
Harry Franqui-Rivera
National Mythologies: U.S. Citizenship for the People of Puerto Rico and Military Service
topic_facet Historia
U.S. citizenship
military service
World War I
Puerto Rico
description That Puerto Ricans became American citizens in 1917 have been attributed by many to the need for soldiers as the U.S. entered the First World War. Such belief has been enshrined in Puerto Rican popular national mythology. While there is a rich body of literature surrounding the decision to extend U.S. citizenship to Puerto Rico and its effect on the Puerto Ricans, few, if any, challenge the assumption that the need for manpower for the armies of the metropolis influenced that decision. Reducing the issue of citizenship to a need for manpower for the military only obscures complex imperial-colonial relations based upon racial structures of power. In this essay I hope to demonstrate that the need for soldiers was unrelated to the granting of citizenship in 1917. As the U.S. prepared for war, domestic politics and geopolitics were mostly responsible for accelerating the passing of the Jones Act.
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title National Mythologies: U.S. Citizenship for the People of Puerto Rico and Military Service
title_short National Mythologies: U.S. Citizenship for the People of Puerto Rico and Military Service
title_full National Mythologies: U.S. Citizenship for the People of Puerto Rico and Military Service
title_fullStr National Mythologies: U.S. Citizenship for the People of Puerto Rico and Military Service
title_full_unstemmed National Mythologies: U.S. Citizenship for the People of Puerto Rico and Military Service
title_sort national mythologies: u.s. citizenship for the people of puerto rico and military service
publisher Universidad del Norte
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