| Description |
1 online resource (240 pages) |
| Series |
Routledge Advances in European Politics |
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Routledge advances in European politics.
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| Contents |
Changing contexts, values and norms -- Environmental aspects -- Ethnic factors -- Economic influences -- Political and constitutional matters -- Religion and the churches -- Language and the community -- Education 1704-1972 : a system born and re-born -- Education 1972-2000 : Gibraltar takes control -- Informal influences -- The wider recreational and cultural scene |
| Summary |
The principal argument in Gibraltar and Empire is that Gibraltarians constitute a separate and distinctive people, notwithstanding the political stance taken by the government of Spain. Various factors - environmental, ethnic, economic, political, religious, linguistic, educational and informal - are adduced to explain the emergence of a sense of community on the Rock and an attachment to the United Kingdom. A secondary argument is that the British empire has left its mark in Gibraltar in various forms - such as militarily - and for a number of reasons. Gilbraltar and Em |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Nationalism -- Gibraltar -- History
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Civilization
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International relations
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Nationalism
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| SUBJECT |
Gibraltar -- Civilization
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Gibraltar -- Relations -- Great Britain
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Great Britain -- Relations -- Gibraltar
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| Subject |
Gibraltar
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Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136005428 |
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1136005420 |
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