On Lingering and Being Last: Race and Sovereignty in the New World

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On Lingering and Being Last On Lingering and Being Last Race and Sovereignty in the New World Jonathan Elmer f o r d h a m u n i v e r s i t y p r e s s n e w y o r k 2 0 0 8 Copyright 䉷 2008 Fordham University Press All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording, or any other—except for brief quotations in printed reviews, without the prior permission of the publisher. Fordham University Press has no responsibility for the persistence or accuracy of URLs for external or third-party internet websites referred to in this publication and does not guarantee that any content on such websites is, or will remain, accurate or appropriate. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data is available from the publisher. Printed in the United States of America 10 09 08 5 4 3 2 1 First edition ...