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Author Archer, Edward G

Title Gibraltar, identity and empire / E.G. Archer
Published London ; New York : Routledge, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (233 pages) : illustrations
Series Routledge advances in European politics ; 33
Routledge advances in European politics ; 33.
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
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Subject Nationalism -- Gibraltar -- History
HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal.
Civilization
Nationalism
International relations
Politische Identität
SUBJECT Gibraltar -- Civilization
Gibraltar -- Relations -- Great Britain
Great Britain -- Relations -- Gibraltar
Subject Gibraltar
Great Britain
Gibraltar
Genre/Form Electronic books
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2005010029
ISBN 9781136005428
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9780203390078
0203390075
9781136005503
1136005501
9781136005589
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0415864569
9780415864565
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9781283967679