عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
F3031.5 .M4676 2019
F3031
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5
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M4676
2019
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
1108483291
(Number (ISBN
1108704719
(Number (ISBN
9781108483292
(Number (ISBN
9781108704717
Erroneous ISBN
9781108598965
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The Falklands War :
General Material Designation
[Book]
Other Title Information
an imperial history /
First Statement of Responsibility
Ezequiel Mercau, University College Dublin.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2019.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xv, 251 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-244) and index.
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
"Why did Britain and Argentina go to war over a wintry archipelago that was home to an unprofitable colony? Could the Falklands War, in fact, have been a last-ditch revival of Britain's imperial past? Despite widespread conjecture about the imperial dimensions of the Falklands War, this is the first history of the conflict from the transnational perspective of the British world"--
Text of Note
"Why did Britain and Argentina go to war over a wintry archipelago that was home to an unprofitable colony? Could the Falklands War, in fact, have been a last-ditch revival of Britain's imperial past? Despite widespread conjecture about the imperial dimensions of the Falklands War, this is the first history of the conflict from the transnational perspective of the British world. Taking Britain's painful process of decolonisation as his starting point, Ezequiel Mercau shows how the Falklands lobby helped revive the idea of a 'British world', transforming a minor squabble into a full-blown war. Boasting original perspectives on the Falklanders, the Four Nations and the Anglo-Argentines, and based on a wealth of unseen material, he sheds new light on the British world, Thatcher's Britain, devolution, immigration and political culture. His findings show that neither the dispute, the war, nor its aftermath can be divorced from the ongoing legacies of empire"--
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
International Standard Book Number
9781108598965
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Falkland Islands War, 1982-- Causes.
Falkland Islands War, 1982-- Diplomatic history.
Diplomatic history.
Diplomatic relations.
Falklandkrieg
International law.
Nationalbewusstsein
War-- Causes.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Argentina, Foreign relations, Great Britain.
Falkland Islands, History, 20th century.
Falkland Islands, International status.
Great Britain, Foreign relations, Argentina.
Argentina.
Falkland Islands.
Great Britain.
Großbritannien
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DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
997/
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11024
Edition
23
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
F3031
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5
Book number
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M4676
2019
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Mercau, Ezequiel
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20200822151201.0
Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))
rda
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب [Book]
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