An Honorable Accord : : The Covenant between the Northern Mariana Islands and the United States / / Howard P. Willens, Deanne C. Siemer.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter UHP eBook Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Willens, Howard P.,; Siemer, Deanne C.,
• Place / Publishing House: Honolulu : : University of Hawaii Press, , [2001]; ©2001
• Year of Publication: 2001
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.)
• Other title: 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
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780824851156; 9783110564143; 9783110663259
• DOI: 10.1515/9780824851156
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Howard P. Willens, Deanne C. Siemer.

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.