The two unions
Subtitle: Ireland, Scotland, and the survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007
By: Alvin Jackson
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 467
ISBN-13: 9780199593996
Subjects: Politics and government; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [409]-447) and index.