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The development of American citizenship, 1608-1870by James H. Kettner.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Publication details: Chapel Hill : Published for the Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., by the University of North Carolina Press, (c)1978.Description: 1 online resource (xi, 391 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
  • computer
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  • online resource
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781469611372
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • JK1814 .D484 1978
  • KF4710
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Includes bibliographies and index.

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Cover; Contents; Preface; Prologue: Subjects, Aliens, and Citizens; PART I: The English Background; 1 Natural-Born Subjects and the Theory of Natural Allegiance; 2 Acquired Subjects and the Theory of Naturalization; 3 Coke, Locke, and the Theory of Perpetual Allegiance; PART II: The Colonial Experience; 4 Naturalization and the Colonies; 5 Privileges and Problems: The Significance of Colonial Naturalization; PART III: Revolution; 6 The Pre-Revolutionary Debate; 7 The Idea of Volitional Allegiance; PART IV: Principles, Politics, and Prejudice

8 American Naturalization after Independence: Qualifications for Citizenship9 Citizenship and the Problem of Federal Relations; 10 Birthright Citizenship and the Status of Indians, Slaves, and Free Negroes; Epilogue: Resolution?; A Note on Citation; Table of Cases; Table of Statutes; General Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y

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