Defenders of the Union

ISBN 10: 041517421X / ISBN 13: 9780415174213

Published by Routledge, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Defenders of the Union
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 041517421X
• ISBN 13: 9780415174213
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Defenders of the Union is a concise and readable overview of the history and contentious politics of Unionism and the affect it has had on Anglo-Irish relations over the last two hundred years. It is an essential guide to this confusing topic and covers key areas such as:
* definition of unionism
* establishment of the union
* Unionist literature
* loyalists since 1972.

About the Author

D. George Boyce is Professor of Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. His previous publications include Nationalism in Ireland (Routledge, 1995) and The Irish Question and British Politics 1868-1996 (Macmillan, 1996). Alan O’Day is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of North London. His previous publications include Irish Home Rule 1867-1921 (Manchester University Press, 1998) and Charles Stewart Parnell (Dundalgan Press, 1998). D. George Boyce and Alan O’Day have also co-edited two books for Routledge, Parnell in Perspective (1991) and The Making of Modern Irish History (1996).