Erica’s Pick of The Week: The Not-Quite States of America
"From thirteen original colonies, as every schoolkid knows, the USA has become a nation of fifty proud states." But as Doug Mack goes on to explain in his latest book, there's more to the story. We don't, strictly speaking, have colonies anymore. Instead, we have territories. And commonwealths. And insular areas. (And the District of…
