The Orange Order

Reviews / Votes

This book breaks much new ground in the scrutiny of under-researched aspects of Orangeism, and it does so in a valuable comparative and transnational framework. Many new thought-provoking perspectives are provided on the Orange movement across the British Isles, North America, Australasia and Africa. It is a major contribution to scholarship on the subject. -- Graham Walker, Emeritus Professor of Political History at Queen's University Belfast Immersed in archival material, Patrick Coleman tells a truly global story about the Orange Order. Using transnational, diasporic and comparative perspectives, this book presents the Order as imperial, gendered and intergenerational, where its continued existence in a post-Brexit world demonstrates the enduring power of coloniality. -- Jim MacPherson, University of the Highlands and Islands Outstanding in its geographic sweep and temporal range, Patrick Coleman offers a compelling transnational account of the rise and global spread of the Orange Order. This timely and deeply researched book provides compelling insights into the world of Orangeism and its extensive political and cultural impacts. -- Malcolm Campbell, The University of Auckland a good contribution to the historiography. Building on other scholars' work on transnational and diasporic Orangeism, [Coleman] has produced a book that will find a broad readership. -- Donald M. MacRaild, London Metropolitan University * Immigrants & Minorities * well researched and informative * Report of Proceedings of the Imperial Orange Council Meeting in Enniskillen * [Includes] excellent chapters on the women of the Orange Order and on the international aspects of the movement, especially how it realized itself in different ways in the United States [...] Superbly provides the tools to the local historian to view the Orange Order at work. -- Peter Lineham, Massey University * New Zealand Journal of History * [Coleman] approaches each topic with global breadth as well as empirical depth, drawing on specific sources to illustrate respective differences among chapters in Ireland, Scotland and England, and overseas locations such as New Zealand and Ghana. His chronological range is also impressive, as he notes fluctuations in membership size and practices during the order's growth in the 19th century and the subsequent decline in recent decades. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers through faculty. -- M. J. O'Brien * CHOICE * Coleman's important and thought-provoking monograph will hopefully simulate further inquiry about how best to describe and interpret the Orange Order and how it fits into the Protestant world more generally. -- Andrew R. Holmes * The Scottish Historical Review *