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

1st ed.

Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2012.

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

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.

English

February 15, 2012

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