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

Author: Jackson, Alvin.

Edition Statement:1st ed.

Imprint:Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2012.

Descriptionxiii, 467 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Note:The measures and their histories -- The survival of the unions : overview -- The survival of the unions : people, ideas, institutions -- Reflections on the unions.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-447) and index.

Note:Alvin Jackson examines the two Unions--the Anglo-Scots Union of 1707 and the British-Irish of 1801--comparing their background, birth, and survival. In sustaining a comparison between the Unions, he illuminates the long history and current state of the United Kingdom.

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