Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. 1. ‘‘At First IWas Laughing’’ 1
5. 2. Long-Distance Nationalism Defined 17
6. 3. Delivering the Commission: The Return of the Native 36
7. 4. ‘‘Without Them, IWould Not Be Here’’: Transnational Kinship 58
8. 5. ‘‘The Blood Remains Haitian’’: Race, Nation, and Belonging in the Transmigrant Experience 92
9. 6. ‘‘She Tried to Reclaim Me’’: Gendered Long- Distance Nationalism 130
10. 7. The Generation of Identity: The Long-Distance Nationalism of the Second Generation 155
11. 8. ‘‘The Responsible State’’: Dialogues of a Transborder Citizenry 178
12. 9. The Apparent State: Sovereignty and the State of U.S.–Haitian Relations 208
13. 10. Long-Distance Nationalism as a Debate: Shared Symbols and Disparate Messages 242
14. 11. The Other Side of the Two-Way Street: Long-Distance Nationalism as a Subaltern Agenda 262
15. Notes 279
16. Bibliography 302
17. Index 318