Of navies and navels: Britain as a mental island

Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 267-277

  Law, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Island nations; Maritime identity; Nationalism; Natural and geometric boundaries; Settlement and movement

Indexed keywords

HUMAN SETTLEMENT; ISLAND STATE; MARITIME BOUNDARY; NATIONALISM;

EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33745188679     PISSN: 04353684     EISSN: 14680467     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0435-3684.2005.00198.x     Document Type: Article

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