TY  - BOOK
AU  - Willens,Howard P.
AU  - Siemer,Deanne C.
TI  - An Honorable Accord: The Covenant between the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States 
SN  - 9780824823900
AV  - KWC172 
U1  - 325/.3730967 21
PY  - 2001///]
CY  - Honolulu : 
PB  - University of Hawaii Press, 
KW  - Constitutional history
KW  - Northern Mariana Islands
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Editor's Note --; Contents --; Illustrations --; Preface --; Acknowledgments --; 1. The Campaign for Separate Political Status --; 2. The Negotiations Begin --; 3. The Two Sides Square Off on Basic Issues --; 4. An Agreement Appears Possible --; 5. Hard Bargaining by Both Parties --; 6. Writing Down the Agreement --; 7. The Final Compromises --; 8. The Plebiscite --; 9. Approval in the United States Congress --; 10. The Covenant after Twenty-Five Years --; Appendix Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands in Political Union with the United States of America --; Abbreviations --; Notes --; Bibliography --; Interviews --; Index --; Other Volumes In The Pacific Islands Monograph Series --; About the Authors; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - In 1975, after three centuries of colonial rule, the people of the Northern Marianas exercised their right of self-determination to become U.S. citizens in a self-governing commonwealth under U.S. sovereignty. An Honorable Accord is the remarkable account of their tenacious efforts to shape a political future separate from other Micronesian peoples, of the negotiations that produced the Covenant defining the commonwealth relationship, and its eventual approval by the Northern Marianas people and the U.S. Congress
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9780824851156
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780824851156
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/document/cover/isbn/9780824851156/original
ER  -