Community and identity : the making of modern Gibraltar since 1704

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9780719076350; 9780719076350; Copyright Page; Contents; List of tables; List of abbreviations; Gibraltar in 1952; Foreword; Introduction; 1 The demographic roots of Gibraltarian identity, 1704-1819; War and the partition of Gibraltar, 1704-5; Opportunities for immigrants; Military security, controls and surveillance; British Protestants and the others: censuses, 1725-1816; People and property ownership, 1712-1819; Conclusion; 2 A fortress economy, 1704-1815; Supplying the garrison and the town; External trade; 'Regulating' the economy; Fluctuations in the economy. Occupations, ethnicity and living standardsConclusion; 3 Government and politics, 1704-1819; Becoming and staying a British fortress; Military rule(s); Good government; Civilian politics: cooperation and protest; Civic self-government; Conclusion; 4 Demographic management: aliens and us,1815-1890s; Population growth, 1815-1901; Identifying the alien, 1815-1860s; Civilian responses: subterfuge and denial; Tightening the rules: the Aliens Order-in-Council, 1873; Civilian responses: the Aliens Order-in-Council, 1885; Conclusion; 5 Economy and living standards in thenineteenth century; Demand. SupplyPayment; Economic management; Occupations and living standards; Conclusion; 6 Governors and the governed, 1815-1914; The governors; Law and government; Charities: education and poor relief; The moneyed class and public services: the origins of the SanitaryCommission, 1865; Gibraltar politics: the Sanitary Commission, 1865-91; Gibraltar politics: Civil to Colonial Hospital, 1815-89; Conclusion; 7 Demography and the alien in the twentiethcentury: creating the Gibraltarian; Counting the people, 1891-2001; Marginalising the 'British': the Aliens Order ExtensionOrder-in-Council, 1900. Statutory aliens, British Indians and the Alien Traders Ordinances,1920s to 1950sBelonging: from the 1920s to the Right of Residence inGibraltar Ordinance, 1955; Under new management: the Immigration Control Ordinance and the Gibraltarian Status Ordinance, 1962 and after; Conclusion; 8 Earning a living in the twentieth century; The needs of the people; Paying the bills: garrison town; Selling goods and services; Selling the Rock: tourism, fi nance and gambling; Occupations, living standards and health; Conclusion; 9 Government and politics in the twentiethcentury, 1915-40. Governors and law, 1915-69City Council and Executive Council, to 1940; Colonial government, City Council and housing, 1921-40; The politics of taxation, 1914-39; Conclusion; 10 Big government and self-government,1940-69; The City Council; Colonial government and post-war housing; Gibraltar's welfare state; Government fi nance and the politics of taxation; Constitutional change and the Legislative Council, 1950; Self-government and the Gibraltar constitution, 1969; Conclusion; 11 Towards the future: constructing aGibraltarian identity; Politics, Britishness and national identity