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

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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.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jackson, Alvin
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2012]
Subjects:
Great Britain > History.
Great Britain > Politics and government.
Scotland > History > Union, 1707.
Ireland > History > Union, 1801.
Union.
Gro€britannien.
Irland.
Schottland.
Geschichte.
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:xiii, 467 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [409]-447) and index.
ISBN:9780199593996 (hbk.)
019959399X (hbk.)