Alvin Jackson

Two Unions

Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 486
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Dezember 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 155mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 975g
• ISBN-13: 9780199593996
• ISBN-10: 019959399X
• Artikelnr.: 34156678

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

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