Abstract
The lack of secondary sources on Gibraltar during the First World War is due to the «problem» encountered in modern and contemporary historical analysis of the British colony. The different ways of thinking about «Gibraltar», from the Spanish, English and Gibraltarian points of view, create a fragmented panorama of studies, barely coherent with the transnational logic of the referential context. In spite of the limitations of approaches dependent on arbitrary frames of reference and political borders, this article contributes to Spanish historical study of the Great War, setting relations between British strategic activities in Gibraltar and the economic, social and political dynamics generated in the Campo Region by taking into consideration the Spanish Government’s attitudes towards good neighbourliness and Spanish-British bilateral understanding.
Highlights
The lack of secondary sources on Gibraltar during the First World War is due to the «problem» encountered in modern and contemporary historical analysis of the British colony
In spite of the limitations of approaches dependent on arbitrary frames of reference and political borders, this article contributes to Spanish historical study of the Great War, setting relations between British strategic activities in Gibraltar and the economic, social and political dynamics generated in the Campo Region by taking into consideration the Spanish Government’s attitudes towards good neighbourliness and Spanish-British bilateral understanding
Una base de operaciones como Gibraltar, situada en un punto nodal para el tráfico marítimo y mercante, significó una clara ventaja para los aliados en una guerra de desgaste que requirió para lograr la victoria el control de los recursos y sus circuitos comerciales
Summary
La toma del Peñón fue uno de los primeros hitos de la carrera inglesa por la hegemonía marítima en el siglo XVIII, convirtiéndose en símbolo de poder emergente frente a Francia[5]. Los asedios del siglo XVIII, sublimados en el Gran Asedio (1779-1782), junto a la Segunda Guerra Mundial son dos de los episodios que más páginas han reunido en las. Los gibraltareños durante mucho tiempo han sido contemplados con un «exotismo simpático» incluyendo sentimientos desde el extrañamiento por lo pintoresco hasta el desprecio más condescendiente. William G.F. Jackson, Gobernador Militar de la colonia entre 1978 y 1982 es autor de una de las mejores historias de Gibraltar[13]. Blinkhorn Main Researcher), proyecto al que se adscriben dos dissertations sobre la burguesía gibraltareña en los siglos XIX-XX y el Gibraltar de los años comprendidos entre la II República y la Guerra Civil española respectivamente. 15 LAW, Alex: «Of navies and navels: Britain as a mental island», en Geografiska Annaler, Series B: Human Geography, 87 Issue 4, (2005), pp. 267-277
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