Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue: Erin’s Hope and the Forgotten Right of Expatriation 1
4. Part One: The Fenians and the Making of a Crisis
5. 1. Clonakilty, God Help Us! 9
6. 2. Exiles and Expatriates 23
7. 3. The Fenian Pest 37
8. 4. Civis Americanus Sum 52
9. Part Two: Citizenship on Trial
10. 5. A Floating Rebellion 75
11. 6. The Voice from the Dungeon 89
12. 7. All the World’s a Stage 106
13. Part Three: Reconstructing Citizenship
14. 8. Are Naturalized Americans, Americans? 127
15. 9. This Is a White Man’s Government! 140
16. 10. The Politics of Expatriation 156
17. 11. Private Diplomatizing 176
18. 12. Treating Expatriation 189
19. Epilogue: Exits 211
20. Notes 227
21. Acknowledgments 303
22. Credits 307
23. Index 309