Gibraltar, identity and empire / / E.G. Archer

• Autore: Archer Edward G.
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2006
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 p.)
• Disciplina: 946.8/9
• Soggetto topico: Nationalism - Gibraltar - History
• Soggetto geografico: Gibraltar Civilization; Gibraltar Relations Great Britain; Great Britain Relations Gibraltar
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [218]-226) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Gibraltar, identity and empire
• ISBN: 1-136-00550-1; 0-203-39007-5; 1-283-96767-7; 1-136-00542-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910786192003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Routledge Advances in European Politics