'As solid as the Rock'? Place, belonging and the local appropriation of imperial discourse in Gibraltar

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 206-220

  Lambert, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Analysis; Belonging; Contemporary imperialism; Discourse; Gibraltar; Postcolonialism place

Indexed keywords

IMPERIALISM;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GIBRALTAR; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WORLD;

EID: 22244434940     PISSN: 00202754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-5661.2005.00161x     Document Type: Article

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