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The two unions, Ireland, Scotland, and the survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007, Alvin Jackson

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 409-447) and index

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The two unions

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Alvin Jackson

Ireland, Scotland, and the survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007

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

Abbreviations -- 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 -- Terms 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 -- Protestants, 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