Download or read book A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States written by Isaac Dookhan and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Virgin Capital written by Tami Navarro and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2021-11-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Virgin Capital examines the cultural impact and historical significance of the Economic Development Commission (EDC) in the United States Virgin Islands. A tax holiday program, the EDC encourages financial services companies to relocate to these American-owned islands in exchange for an exemption from 90% of income taxes, and to stimulate the economy by hiring local workers and donating to local charitable causes. As a result of this program, the largest and poorest of these islands—St. Croix—has played host to primarily US financial firms and their white managers, leading to reinvigorated anxieties around the costs of racial capitalism and a feared return to the racial and gender order that ruled the islands during slavery. Drawing on fieldwork conducted during the boom years leading up to the 2008–2009 financial crisis, Virgin Capital provides ethnographic insight into the continuing relations of coloniality at work in the quintessentially "modern" industry of financial services and neoliberal "development" regimes, with their grounding in hierarchies of race, gender, class, and geopolitical positioning.

Download or read book America s Virgin Islands written by William W. Boyer and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition of America's Virgin Islands by William W. Boyer is the only history of the United States' territory covering the period from 1492 to 2010. Especially emphasized is the period since 1917 when the U.S. acquired the Islands from Denmark. Constituting three small Caribbean islands--St. Thomas, St. Croix and St. John--each is unique, but together they are widely known as a favorite tourist destination featuring sun, sand and surf. In many respects, the territory is a microcosm of the human family. The diversity of its physical environment is matched by the diversity of its people. The focal point of the book is a record of the struggle of the Islanders' greater number as slaves, then serfs, and lastly as citizens to gain control of their own destiny. Broadly conceived, this is a history of human rights and human wrongs. The author does not merely portray the history of the Islands and their people; he also shows how the Islanders share the same aspirations as other colonial subjects. In so doing he taps previously unused sources. The relationship between the USA and the Virgin Islands has been marked by indifference and vacillation on the part of American officials. Moreover, the thousands of tourists who flock to the territory annually are unaware of the Islands' checkered and rich history. For many, the Islands are simply a tropical paradise. America's Virgin Islands is a fascinating, extensively documented, and detailed source of information, valuable to those interested in a political and cultural perspective, to those interested in African American or Caribbean history, and likewise to those who live in or visit the Islands.

Download or read book A History of the Virgin Islands of the United States written by Isaac Dookhan and published by Kingston, Jamaica : Canoe Press. This book was released on 1994 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Virgin Islands in the course of centuries have witnessed the coming and going of Ciboney, Arawak and Carib peoples, European discovery by Christopher Columbus, temporary occupation by pirates and adventurers, colonization, commercial and plantation development by Danes and other North European settlers, African slavery and its abolition, American purchase, colonial government, social and political change, and in recent years remarkable tourist and industrial developments. These and other topics have been narrated and interpreted by Dr. Isaac Dookhan in this first comprehensive history of the U.S. Virgin Islands. Dr. Dookhan is eminently well qualified for this undertaking. He was born in the British colony of British Guiana, now independent Guyana, where he was educated in the public schools and served as teacher and headmaster. The author has drawn upon primary and secondary sources in recounting the experience of the Virgin Islands and their peoples. He is concerned with successive waves of immigrants, how they affected the physical environment and cultural life of the islands, the impact of international wars and politics, commodity price movements, and technological changes.

Download or read book Geographic Dictionary of the Virgin Islands of the United States written by U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Virgin Islands of the United States written by Virgin Islands of the United States. Governor, 1927- (Waldo Evans) and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book General Information Regarding the Virgin Islands of the United States written by United States. Department of the Interior and published by . This book was released on 1936 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book General Information Regarding the Virgin Islands of the United States April 1932 written by United States. Department of the Interior and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Virgin Islands of the United States written by United States Virgin Islands. Governor and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Virgin Islands 1956 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1956 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 37. Reviews Virgin Island governmental operations and implementation of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands. Hearing was held in St. Thomas, V.I.

Download or read book Census of the Virgin Islands of the United States November 1 1917 written by United States. Bureau of the Census and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book General Information written by United States Department of the Interior Division of Territories and Island Possessions and published by . This book was released on 1945 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book History of the Virgin Islands of the United States written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Virgin Islands 1956 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. Subcommittee on Territorial and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Committee Serial No. 37. Reviews Virgin Island governmental operations and implementation of the Revised Organic Act of the Virgin Islands. Hearing was held in St. Thomas, V.I.

Download or read book General Information Regarding the Virgin Islands of the United States written by United States. Dept. of the Interior and published by . This book was released on 1932 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book General Information The Virgin Islands of the United States written by United States. Office of Territories and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Best of St Thomas and St John U S Virgin Islands written by Pamela Acheson and published by Two Thousand Three Associates. This book was released on 2003-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Completely updated with the latest information on resorts, restaurants, and shopping, this new second edition covers St. Thomas as well as the nearby island of St. John. From intimate inns to beachside bars, breathtaking scenery, and exhilarating boat and snorkel trips; from elegant outdoor dining to nighttime jazz clubs; from French, Greek, and Italian cuisine to ice cream stands, this book covers the best of the islands. Also included is practical information for getting around the islands in ease, shopping tips, and the special "gems" of the island that might otherwise be missed.