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The two unions : Ireland, Scotland, and the survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 / Alvin Jackson.
LIBRA DA42 .B25 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jackson, Alvin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--History.
- Great Britain.
- History.
- Great Britain--Politics and government.
- Politics and government.
- Scotland--History--Union, 1707.
- Scotland.
- Ireland--History--Union, 1801.
- Ireland.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 467 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- I The Measures and there Histories
- 1 Histories-historiography, comparability, complexity, longevity 3
- The nature of union 3
- Historiography 8
- Comparing the two unions 14
- The longevity of union 22
- The book 26
- 2 Prehistories (1290-1690, 1300-1782): Scots and Irish 29
- Historians and the two parliaments 29
- Uniting and marketing the three crowns 37
- The revolution and union 49
- Summary: vision and dole 54
- 3 Contexts (1689-1703, 1782-1798): economic, military, and parliamentary 57
- Introduction 57
- The Scottish economic 'crisis' 58
- War 64
- Legislative independence 69
- The Irish economy in crisis 71
- Ireland and the French wars 77
- Shared freedom and its implications 83
- 4 Debates and terms (1705-1707, 1799-1801) 88
- The shock of union 88
- Scottish ineptitude? 90
- Irish venality? 98
- The practice of union 107
- II The Survival of the Unions: Overviews
- 5 The survival of the Scots union, 1707-1997 121
- Introduction: the paradox of survival 121
- Terms of union (1): faith, money, and empire 127
- Terms of union (2): political flexibility and accommodation 136
- Official landscapes 146
- Monarchy 153
- Army, navy, and war 163
- The state 172
- Conclusion: crises of expectation 178
- 6 The survival of the Irish union, 1800-1921 182
- Introduction: the paradox of survival 183
- Historiography: corruption and betrayal 184
- Political flexibility and accommodation 188
- Transportation 193
- Army and navy 196
- Monarchy 199
- The state, official landscapes, and empire 207
- Conclusion: crises of expectation 213
- III The Survival of the Unions People, Ideas, Institutions
- 7 Scottish unionists and the union, 1707-2007: parties, people, and histories 219
- Introduction: unionism as normative and patriotic politics 219
- Tories 222
- Unionists, 1886-1920 231
- Liberal Unionists 239
- Unionists, 1920-1970 246
- Thatcherite unionism 265
- Labour's unionism 268
- Conclusion: Whigs and Constructive Unionists 279
- 8 Irish unionists and the union, 1801-2007: parties, people, and histories 281
- Introduction 281
- Protestants, patriots, loyalists 283
- Tories 291
- Whigs 295
- Political cultures 300
- Unionists 305
- 'Northern' Irish 316
- Conclusion: the two Unionisms 332
- IV Reflections on the Unions
- 9 Conclusion: North Britain, West Britain 337
- The spiritual union 337
- The material union 343
- The longevity of union 348
- Decline (and fall?) 354.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-447) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780199593996
- 019959399X
- OCLC:
- 751726106
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