Title: The two unions
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.
Subjects: Politics and government, History, Great britain, history, Great britain, politics and government, Scotland, history, Ireland, history
Places: Great Britain, Scotland, Ireland
Time periods: Union, 1801, Union, 1707