Community and identity: The making of modern Gibraltar since 1704

by Stephen Constantine

Book Overview

This fluent, accessible and richly informed study, based on much previously unexplored archival material, concerns the history of Gibraltar following its military conquest in 1704, after which sovereignty of the territory was transferred from Spain to Britain and it became a British fortress and colony.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0719080541
• ISBN13: 9780719080548
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"