Two Unions

Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007
Erscheinungsjahr 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-959399-6
Verlag: OUP Oxford

Buch, Englisch, 488 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 889 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jackson, Alvin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Europäische Länder
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- I The Measures and their Histories

- 1: Histories - Historiography, Comparability, Longevity

- 2: Prehistories (1290-1690, 1300-1782)

- 3: Contexts (1689-1703, 1782-1798): Economic, Military, R S5Parliamentary

- 4: Debates and Terms (1705-7, 1799-1801)

- II The Survival of the Unions: Overviews

- 5: The Survival of the Scots Union, 1707-1997

- 6: The Survival of the Irish Union, 1800-1921

- III The Survival of the Unions: People, Ideas, Institutions

- 7: Scottish Unionists: People and Parties

- 8: Irish Unionists: People and Parties

- IV Reflections on the Unions

- 9: Conclusion: North Britain, West Britain

- Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Alvin Jackson has been Professor of Modern Irish History at Queen's University Belfast, and Burns Visiting Professor at Boston College. He was educated at Corpus Christi College and Nuffield College, Oxford, and has held a British Academy Senior Research Fellowship as well as a British Academy Research Readership.