
Defenders of the Union
A Survey of British and Irish Unionism Since 1801
Routledge (Publisher)
Published on 25. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
350 pages
978-0-415-17422-0 (ISBN)
Description
Defenders of the Union is a concise and readable overview of the history and contentious politics of Unionism and the affect it has had on Anglo-Irish relations over the last two hundred years. It is an essential guide to this confusing topic and covers key areas such as:
* definition of unionism
* establishment of the union
* Unionist literature
* loyalists since 1972.
* definition of unionism
* establishment of the union
* Unionist literature
* loyalists since 1972.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate
Illustrations
1 s/w Tabelle
1 Tables, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
532 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-415-17422-0 (9780415174220)
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Persons
D. George Boyce is Professor of Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. His previous publications include Nationalism in Ireland (Routledge, 1995) and The Irish Question and British Politics 1868-1996 (Macmillan, 1996). Alan O'Day is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of North London. His previous publications include Irish Home Rule 1867-1921 (Manchester University Press, 1998) and Charles Stewart Parnell (Dundalgan Press, 1998). D. George Boyce and Alan O'Day have also co-edited two books for Routledge, Parnell in Perspective (1991) and The Making of Modern Irish History (1996).
Content
Chapter 1 The Union, D. George Boyce, Alan O'Day; Part 1 Purposes, establishment and definition of the Union; Chapter 2 Weary patriots, D. George Boyce; Chapter 3 The Chief Secretary, Brian Jenkins; Chapter 4 Isaac Butt, Irish nationality and the conditional defence of the Union, 1833-70, Joseph Spence; Chapter 5 Defending the Union, Alan O'Day; Part 2 Modification of the Union; Chapter 6 Irish unionism, 1870-1922, Alvin Jackson; Chapter 7 Defenders of the Union, Carla King; Chapter 8 'God will defend the right', Alan Megahey; Chapter 9 The problems of unionist literature, Norman Vance; Chapter 10 Scientists against home rule, Greta Jones; Part 3 After-effects and entrenchment of the Union; Chapter 11 A Protestant state, Patrick Buckland; Chapter 12 The destructiveness of constructive unionism, Andrew Gailey; Chapter 13 Loyalists since 1972, Gordon Gillespie; Chapter 14 Bigots in bowler hats?, Alan Parkinson; Chapter 15 Unionism, Conservatism and the Anglo-Irish Agreement, Arthur Aughey; Chapter 16 The Union, Paul Bewbio1a Appendix, D. George Boyce, Alan O'Day;