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“This expertly researched book challenges the assumption that Gibraltarians have always held deep antipathies toward Spain and fiercely hold that their national identity is tied up with being British. Instead, both Gibraltarians and Spaniards at the border understand the physical frontier between them to be little obstacle to a relationship built over the course of the 20th century. Stockey argues that the frontier can best be seen as a ‘process,’ whereby economic forces emerged to encourage or discourage social, cultural, and political interaction between the societies on either side of it. The fence built by the British in 1908–9 may have caused friction between Madrid and London. It was the physical expression of differing areas of sovereignty and different tax regimes (especially during the years of the Franco dictatorship), but it belied the fact that an intimate relationship marked by trade (often in contraband), the use of Spanish, intermarriage, and fluid immigration and labor patterns had been forged without much concern or regard for the posturing of politicians in those capitals. A solid work on borders and borderlands. Highly recommended.” —Choice
“Gareth Stockey covers a subject central to Anglo-Spanish relations during the two dictatorships of Miguel Primo de Rivera and Francisco Franco and the tumult of the Second Republic and the Civil War. The book’s approachability is enhanced by its highly vivid sense of place and people. It delineates superbly the acute social and economic differences on both sides of the Spanish frontier and does so in a way that clarifies the fluctuations in the close relationship between both communities. Dr Stockey’s work is also informed by a real sensitivity to the social impact of diplomatic issues on the population in both Gibraltar and Andalucía.” —Series Editor Paul Preston, Preface
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Book Description 1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original gilt lettered grey cloth (Fine), dustwrapper (VG in protective cover). Pp. xiv + 304 (no inscriptions). Seller Inventory # 175284
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 304pp. Grey cloth-covered boards, gilt titles on spine. In as new condition throughout. 8vo. Covers a subject central to Anglo-Spanish relations during the two dictatorships of Miguel Primo de Rivera and Francisco Franco and the tumult of the Second Republic and the Civil War. Seller Inventory # 006572