The Two Unions
Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP Oxford
- Date of Publication 11 July 2013
- ISBN 9780199675371
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages484 pages
- Size 234x181x27 mm
- Weight 722 g
- Language English
- Illustrations 2 maps and 10 black and white illustrations 0
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Short description:
Alvin Jackson examines the two Unions - the Anglo-Scots Union of 1707 and the British-Irish of 1801 - comparing their background, birth, and survival. In sustaining a comparison between the Unions, he illuminates the long history and current state of the United Kingdom.
MoreLong description:
Much has been written about the decline of the United Kingdom. The Two Unions looks instead at the lengthy survival of the Union, examining the institutions, structures, and individuals that have contributed to its longevity.
In order to understand its survival, the author, one of the foremost historians of modern Ireland and of the British-Irish relationship, sustains a comparison between the Irish and Scots Unions, their respective origins and subsequent development. He provides a detailed examination of the two interlinked Unionist movements in Scotland and Ireland. Alvin Jackson illuminates not only the history and varied health of the United Kingdom over the past 300 years, but also its present condition and prospects.
This is an important book ... it is likely to secure its place as a work that will be read well after the current political debates are forgotten or have become potent memories or myths.
Table of Contents:
I The Measures and their Histories
Histories - historiography, comparability, complexity, longevity
Prehistories (1290-1690, 1300-1782): Scots and Irish
Contexts (1689-1703, 1782-1798): economic, military, and parliamentary
Debates and terms (1705-1707, 1799-1801)
II The Survival of the Unions: Overviews
The survival of the Scots union, 1707-1997
The survival of the Irish union, 1800-1921
III The Survival of the Unions: People, Ideas, Institutions
Scottish unionists and the union, 1707-2007: parties, people, and histories
Irish unionists and the union, 1801-2007: parties, people, and histories
IV Reflections on the Unions
Conclusion: North Britain, West Britain
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