1st Edition

Gibraltar, Identity and Empire

By E.G. Archer Copyright 2006
240 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

240 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction  1. Changing Contexts, Values and Norms  2. Environmental Aspects  3. Ethnic Factors  4. Economic Dimensions  5. Political and Constitutional Matters Chapter 6. Religion and the Churches  7. Language and the Community  8. Education 1704-1972: A System Born and Re-born  9. Education 1972-2000: Gibraltar Takes Control  10. Informal Influences   11. The Wider Recreational and Cultural Scene  12. Conclusions/Issues Bibliography Notes

Biography

E. G. Archer has been successively teacher, head teacher and university lecturer at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. He served as the Secretary of the Hispanic Society of Scotland for over thirteen years. A frequent visitor to Gibraltar, he co-authored Education in Gibraltar 1704-2004, and a book on the village of Catalan Bay.