1. NAVAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS; 1917-1921
... during Naval rule. One social characteristic that was noticed during naval rule was the re-emergence of the Piel Clara syndrome. A slightly more in-depth observation is expressed by Dr. Campbell in Darwin Creque's, The U.S. Virgins and the Eastern Caribbean: A feeling of identification with white persons is undoubtedly an important source of ego-gratification for many lower-class people who cannot ... into effect in October 1918 but did not apply to the territories of the United States. The Virgin Islands were able to dodge the Prohibition Act until 1921. The Willis-Campbell Act brought...
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