Two Unions: Ireland, Scotland, and the Survival of the United Kingdom, 1707-2007

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Contents
Abbreviations
List of maps / illustrations
Acknowledgements
I. THE MEASURES AND THEIR HISTORIES
	1. Histories–historiography, comparability, complexity, longevity
		The nature of union
		Historiography
		Comparing the two unions
		The longevity of union
		The book
	2. Prehistories (1290–1690, 1300–1782): Scots and Irish
		Historians and the two parliaments
		Uniting and marketing the three crowns
		The revolution and union
		Summary: vision and dole
	3. Contexts (1689–1703, 1782–1798): economic, military, and parliamentary
		Introduction
		The Scottish economic ‘crisis’
		War
		Legislative independence
		The Irish economy in crisis
		Ireland and the French wars
		Shared freedom and its implications
	4. Debates and terms (1705–1707, 1799–1801)
		The shock of union
		Scottish ineptitude?
		Irish venality?
		The practice of union
II. THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNIONS: OVERVIEWS
	5. The survival of the Scots union, 1707–1997
		Introduction: the paradox of survival
		Terms of union (1): faith, money, and empire
		Terms of union (2): political flexibility and accommodation
		Official landscapes
		Monarchy
		Army, navy, and war
		The state
		Conclusion: crises of expectation
	6. The survival of the Irish union, 1800–1921
		Introduction: the paradox of survival
		Historiography: corruption and betrayal
		Political flexibility and accommodation
		Transportation
		Army and navy
		Monarchy
		The state, official landscapes, and empire
		Conclusion: crises of expectation
III. THE SURVIVAL OF THE UNIONS: PEOPLE, IDEAS, INSTITUTIONS
	7. Scottish unionists and the union, 1707–2007: parties, people, and histories
		Introduction: unionism as normative and patriotic politics
		Tories
		Unionists, 1886–1920
		Liberal Unionists
		Unionists, 1920–1970
		Thatcherite unionism
		Labour’s unionism
		Conclusion: Whigs and Constructive Unionists
	8. Irish unionists and the union, 1801–2007: parties, people, and histories
		Introduction
		Protestants, patriots, loyalists
		Tories
		Whigs
		Political cultures
		Unionists
		‘Northern’ Irish
		Conclusion: the two Unionisms
IV. REFLECTIONS ON THE UNIONS
	9. Conclusion: North Britain, West Britain
		The spiritual union
		The material union
		The longevity of union
		Decline (and fall?)
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