The two unions : Ireland, Scotland, and the survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007

The two unions : Ireland, Scotland, and the survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 / Alvin Jackson.

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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Alvin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2012.
Subjects:
1707-1801
HISTORY > Europe > Great Britain.
Politics and government
Great Britain > History.
Great Britain > Politics and government.
Scotland > History > Union, 1707.
Ireland > History > Union, 1801.
Great Britain
Ireland
Scotland
Electronic books.
History
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Table of Contents:
  • Abbreviations
  • List of maps / illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part 1: Measures And Their Histories:
  • 1: Histories-historiography, comparability, complexity, longevity:
  • Nature of union
  • Historiography
  • Comparing the two unions
  • Longevity of union
  • Book
  • 2: Prehistories (1290-1690, 1300-1782): Scots and Irish:
  • Historians and the two parliaments
  • Uniting and marketing the three crowns
  • Revolution and union
  • Summary: Vision and dole
  • 3: Contexts (1689-1703, 1782-1798): economic, military, and parliamentary:
  • Introduction
  • Scottish economic 'crisis'
  • War
  • Legislative independence
  • Irish economy in crisis
  • Ireland and the French wars
  • Shared freedom and its implications
  • 4: Debates and terms (1705-1707, 1799-1801):
  • Shock of union
  • Scottish ineptitude?
  • Irish venality?
  • Practice of union
  • Part 2: Survival Of The Unions: Overviews:
  • 5: Survival of the Scots union, 1707-1997:
  • Introduction: the paradox of survival
  • Terms of union (1): faith, money, and empire
  • Terms of union (2): political flexibility and accommodation
  • Official landscapes
  • Monarchy
  • Army, navy, and war
  • State
  • Conclusion: Crises of expectation
  • 6: Survival of the Irish union, 1800-1921:
  • Introduction: Paradox of survival
  • Historiography: corruption and betrayal
  • Political flexibility and accommodation
  • Transportation
  • Army and navy
  • Monarchy
  • State, official landscapes, and empire
  • Conclusion: Crises of expectation
  • Part 3: Survival Of The Unions: People, Ideas, Institutions:
  • 7: Scottish unionists and the union, 1707-2007: parties, people, and histories:
  • Introduction: Unionism as normative and patriotic politics
  • Tories
  • Unionists, 1886-1920
  • Liberal Unionists
  • Unionists, 1920-1970
  • Thatcherite unionism
  • Labour's unionism
  • Conclusion: Whigs and constructive Unionists
  • 8: Irish unionists and the union, 1801-2007: parties, people, and histories:
  • Introduction
  • Protestants, patriots, loyalists
  • Tories
  • Whigs
  • Political cultures
  • Unionists
  • Northern Irish
  • Conclusion: Two Unionisms
  • Part 4: Reflections On The Unions:
  • 9: Conclusion: North Britain, West Britain:
  • Spiritual union
  • Material union
  • Longevity of union
  • Decline (and fall?)
  • Endnotes
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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