The Ulster Party: Irish Unionists in the House of Commons, 1884-1911 (Oxford Historical Monographs) [Hardcover]

Alvin Jackson (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0198222882 | ISBN-13: 978-0198222880 | Publication Date: May 18, 1989 | Edition: First Edition

This study of the Irish Unionists in the Edwardian House of Commons fills an important gap in Anglo-Irish parliamentary history in the generation before 1914, and is the first to examine the role of parliamentary action within the political strategies of Edwardian loyalism. In reconstructing a forgotten parliamentary party, Jackson sheds new light on the development of organized Unionism in Ireland, and on the bond between loyalism and British Conservatism.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Jackson shows scholarly skill and subtlety....A genuinely original study of one of the "faces" of Unionism which has been largely ignored since D.C. Savage's pioneering articles first appeared over twenty years ago. Ulster Loyalism will never look quite the same again."--Albion

"Stimulating and detailed....Makes an important contribution by tracing the relationship between political recruitment and the development of policy in Irish politics between 1884 and 1911."--American Historical Review

"Important and extremely well-researched book" --History

"Jackson's close-grained study adds to a growing body of new research that has helped to remedy the imbalance."--The Annals of the American Academy of Political Science

Product Details

• Hardcover: 376 pages
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA; First Edition edition (May 18, 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0198222882
• ISBN-13: 978-0198222880
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 5.6 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,992,574 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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