Social identity in the modern United States Virgin Islands.
The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) is a complex society with multiple diverse ethnic groups: Black Virgin Islanders, Eastern Caribbean islanders, Puerto Ricans, Spanish Dominicans, French Islanders, Americans (Continentals), Arabs and Asians. These ethnic differences as well as United States cu...
| Publicado en: | Social Identities Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 791 - 808 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Nov2010
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