Union and empire : the making of the United Kingdom in 1707 / Allan I. Macinnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Macinnes, Allan I.

Series:

Cambridge studies in early modern British history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Imperialism--History--18th century.

Imperialism.

History.

International relations.

Scotland--History--Union, 1707.

Scotland.

Great Britain--History--Anne, 1702-1714.

Great Britain.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--1702-1714.

England--Foreign relations--Scotland.

England.

Scotland--Foreign relations--England.

Physical Description:

xv, 382 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2007.

Summary:

The making of the United Kingdom in 1707 is still a matter of significant political and historical controversy. Allan Macinnes here offers a major new interpretation that sets the Act of Union within a broad European and colonial context and provides a comprehensive picture of its transatlantic and transoceanic ramifications which ranged from the balance of power to the balance of trade. He reexamines English motivations from a colonial as well as a military perspective and assesses the imperial significance of the creation of the United Kingdom. He also explores afresh the commitment of some determined Scots to secure Union for political, religious and opportunist reasons and shows that, rather than an act of statesmanship, the resultant Treaty of Union was the outcome of politically inept negotiations by the Scots. Union and Empire will be a major contribution to the history of Britain, empire and early modern state formation.

Contents:

Part I Setting the Scenes

2 The historiography 12

Part II Varieties of Union, 1603-1707

3 Precedents, 1603-1660 53

4 Projects 1661-1703 80

5 The Irish dimension 106

Part III The Primacy of Political Economy, 1625-1707

6 The transatlantic dimension 137

7 The Scottish question 172

8 Going Dutch? 201

Part IV Party Alignments and the Passage of Union

9 Jacobitism and the War of the British Succession, 1701-1705 243

10 Securing the votes, 1706-1707 277

11 The Treaty of Union 313.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780521850797

0521850797

9780521616300

0521616301

OCLC:

154706378