For Queen and Country? National frames of reference in the talk of soldiers in England

Human Relations

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 871-891

  Gibson, Stephen ^a   Abell, Jackie ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Armed forces; England; Europe; Military service; National identity; Soldiers

Indexed keywords

EID: 3542993861     PISSN: 00187267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0018726704045769     Document Type: Review

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