Description |
1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations |
Series |
Routledge advances in European politics ; 33 |
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Routledge advances in European politics ; 33.
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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 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-226) and index |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
Subject |
Nationalism -- Gibraltar -- History
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal.
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Civilization
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Nationalism
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International relations
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Politische Identität
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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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Gibraltar
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Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Form |
Electronic book
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LC no. |
2005010029 |
ISBN |
9781136005428 |
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1136005420 |
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9780203390078 |
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0203390075 |
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9781136005503 |
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1136005501 |
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9781136005589 |
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1136005587 |
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0415864569 |
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9780415864565 |
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1283967677 |
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9781283967679 |
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