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100 1 $aJackson, Alvin.
245 14 $aThe two unions :$bIreland, Scotland, and the survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007 /$cAlvin Jackson.
260 $aOxford ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$cc2012.
300 $axiii, 467 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [409]-447) and index.
520 $aAlvin 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.
505 0 $aAbbreviations -- 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 --
505 0 $aTerms 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 --
505 0 $aProtestants, 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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