Awards
- Shortlisted for Christopher Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize 2013.
- Shortlisted for Saltire Society/Gillespie Macandrew Scottish History Book of the Year 2012.
- Winner of SHORTLISTED FOR SALTIRE SOCIETY SCOTTISH HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012 Shortlisted for the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize (2013).
- Winner of SHORTLISTED FOR SALTIRE SOCIETY SCOTTISH HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2012 Shortlisted for the Ewart-Biggs Memorial Prize (2013).
Overview
Much has been written about the decline of the United Kingdom. The Two Unions looks instead at the lengthy survival of the Union, examining the institutions, structures, and individuals that have contributed to its longevity.In order to understand its survival, the author, one of the foremost historians of modern Ireland and of the British-Irish relationship, sustains a comparison between the Irish and Scots Unions, their respective origins and subsequent development. He provides a detailed examination of the two interlinked Unionist movements in Scotland and Ireland. Alvin Jackson illuminates not only the history and varied health of the United Kingdom over the past 300 years, but also its present condition and prospects.
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Author: Alvin Jackson (Sir Richard Lodge Professor of History, University of Edinburgh)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 18.10cm
, Height: 2.70cm
, Length: 23.40cm
Weight: 0.722kg
ISBN: 9780199675371
ISBN 10: 0199675376
Pages: 484
Publication Date: 11 July 2013
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Table of Contents
I The Measures and their Histories 1: Histories - historiography, comparability, complexity, longevity 2: Prehistories (1290-1690, 1300-1782): Scots and Irish 3: Contexts (1689-1703, 1782-1798): economic, military, and parliamentary 4: Debates and terms (1705-1707, 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 and the union, 1707-2007: parties, people, and histories 8: Irish unionists and the union, 1801-2007: parties, people, and histories IV Reflections on the Unions 9: Conclusion: North Britain, West Britain Bibliography
Reviews
In this lucid, powerfully argued and often witty book, Alvin Jackson sets out to compare systematically the genesis, complex histories and contrasting fortunes of the Anglo-Scottish and Anglo-Irish unions nobody has matched the ambition, scope and indeed mastery of this work a summary does scant justice to the complexity and richness of Jackson's arguments and anatomisation of the two unions. This is a book based on considerable original research and a talent for synthesis and assimilation of a voluminous secondary literature. It sets an agenda for thinking about the union and unionisms Politicians at Westminster may well wish to read this book, and ponder hard. Bob Harris, English Historical Review
Author Information
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.
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