Two Unions

Name: Two Unions | Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007
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Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007

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Erschienen am 1. Dezember 2011

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Cover
Contents
Abbreviations
List of maps / illustrations
Acknowledgements
I. THE MEASURES AND THEIR HISTORIES
1. Histories-historiography, comparability, complexity, longevity
The nature of union
Historiography
Comparing the two unions
The longevity of union
The book
2. Prehistories (1290-1690, 1300-1782): Scots and Irish
Historians and the two parliaments
Uniting and marketing the three crowns
The revolution and union
Summary: vision and dole
3. Contexts (1689-1703, 1782-1798): economic, military, and parliamentary
Introduction
The Scottish economic 'crisis'
War
Legislative independence
The Irish economy in crisis
Ireland and the French wars
Shared freedom and its implications
4. Debates and terms (1705-1707, 1799-1801)
The shock of union
Scottish ineptitude?
Irish venality?
The practice of union
II. THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNIONS: OVERVIEWS
5. The 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
The state
Conclusion: crises of expectation
6. The survival of the Irish union, 1800-1921
Introduction: the paradox of survival
Historiography: corruption and betrayal
Political flexibility and accommodation
Transportation
Army and navy
Monarchy
The state, official landscapes, and empire
Conclusion: crises of expectation
III. THE 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: the two Unionisms
IV. REFLECTIONS ON THE UNIONS
9. Conclusion: North Britain, West Britain
The spiritual union
The material union
The longevity of union
Decline (and fall?)
Endnotes
Bibliography
Index
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D
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