{"product_id":"divided-sovereignties-rochelle-raineri-zuck-9780820345420","title":"Divided Sovereignties: Race, Nationhood, and Citizenship in Nineteenth-Century America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn eighteenth- and nineteenth-century debates about the constructions of American nationhood and national citizenship, the frequently invoked concept of divided sovereignty signified the division of power between state and federal authorities and\/or the possibility of one nation residing within the geopolitical boundaries of another. Political and social realities of the nineteenth century--such as immigration, slavery, westward expansion, Indigenous treaties, and financial panics--amplified anxieties about threats to national\/state sovereignty. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRochelle Raineri Zuck argues that, in the decades between the ratification of the Constitution and the publication of Sutton Griggs's novel \u003ci\u003eImperium in Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e in 1899, four populations were most often referred to as racial and ethnic nations within the nation: the Cherokees, African Americans, Irish Americans, and Chinese immigrants. Writers and orators from these groups engaged the concept of divided sovereignty to assert alternative visions of sovereignty and collective allegiance (not just ethnic or racial identity), to gain political traction, and to complicate existing formations of nationhood and citizenship. Their stories intersected with issues that dominated nineteenth-century public argument and contributed to the Civil War. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn five chapters focused on these groups, Zuck reveals how constructions of sovereignty shed light on a host of concerns including regional and sectional tensions; territorial expansion and jurisdiction; economic uncertainty; racial, ethnic, and religious differences; international relations; immigration; and arguments about personhood, citizenship, and nationhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rochelle Raineri Zuck\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820345423\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820345420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.17lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.06w x 0.93d","brand":"Rochelle Raineri Zuck","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48438022078719,"sku":"9780820345420","price":58.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_04b0687f-b2cc-4048-bb74-28356fd405ac.jpg?v=1777168268","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/divided-sovereignties-rochelle-raineri-zuck-9780820345420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}