Gibraltar Identity and Empire

<p>The principal argument in <em>Gibraltar and Empire </em>is that Gibraltarians constitute a separate and distinctive people notwithstanding the political stance taken by the government of Spain. </p><p>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 the United Kingdom. A secondary argument is that the British empire has left its mark in Gibraltar in various forms - such as militarily - and for a number of reasons. <em>Gilbraltar and Empire</em>'s exploration of the manifold reasons why the Gibraltarians have bucked the trend in the history of decolonization comes at a time when the issues in question have come to the fore in diplomatic and political areas. </p>