Introduction: British to the Core

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xv
5. Reference map of oil drilling areas licensed by the Falkland Islands Government xvii
6. Introduction: British to the Core 1
7. Part 1: Dispossession
8. 1. Settler Safe Zone Or Colonial Staging Ground? 27
9. 2. Company Islands 48
10. 3. Imperial Diaspora 72
11. Part 2: Wreckage
12. 4. Does the Sea Lion Roar? 99
13. 5. Grounding Offshore Oil 126
14. Part 3: Survival
15. 6. The Geopolitics of Marine Ecology 145
16. 7. Colonizing with Natives 169
17. Conclusion: Unsettled Claims 190
18. Notes 199
19. References 237
20. Index 283