{"product_id":"uniting-the-kingdom-the-making-of-british-history-9780415756570","title":"Uniting the Kingdom The Making of British History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eUniting the Kingdom?\u003c\/em\u003e a group of the most distinguished historians from Britain and Ireland assemble to consider the question of British identity spanning the period from the Middle Ages to the present.\u003cbr\u003e Traditional chronological and regional frontiers are broken down as medievalists, early modernists and modernists debate the key issues of the British state: the conflicting historiographies, the nature of political tensions and the themes of expansion and contraction.\u003cbr\u003e This outstanding collection of essays forms an illuminating introduction to the most up-to-date thinking about the problems of British histories and identities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A stimulating collection of essays.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eNothern History\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`A fascinating, provocative and very timely book, \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUniting the Kingdom?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e raises questions which are of relevance to us all, even if the answers implied may not be entirely to anybody's liking.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eThe Scotsman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e`Excellent collection of essays.'\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003cem\u003eAlain de Botton, Independent on Sunday\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart I Prologue 1 Introduction: The enigma of British History 2 British History as a ‘new subject’: Politics, perspectives and prospects \u003cb\u003ePart II Medieval foundations \u003c\/b\u003e3 The United Kingdom of England: The Anglo-Saxon achievement 4 Foundations of a disunited kingdom 5 Overlordship and reaction, \u003ci\u003ec. \u003c\/i\u003e1200–\u003ci\u003ec. \u003c\/i\u003e1450 6 Scottish foundations: Thirteenth-century perspectives Late medieval contributions \u003cb\u003ePart III Building the early modern state \u003c\/b\u003e7 The High Road from Scotland: Stewarts and Tudors in the mid-sixteenth century, One king, two kingdoms, 8 Composite monarchies in early modern Europe: The British and Irish example 9 Irish, Scottish and Welsh responses to centralisation, \u003ci\u003ec. \u003c\/i\u003e1530–\u003ci\u003ec. \u003c\/i\u003e1640: A comparative perspective 10 Three kingdoms and one commonwealth? The enigma of mid-seventeenth-century Britain and Ireland \u003cb\u003ePart IV The age of Union \u003c\/b\u003e11 Varieties of Britishness: Ireland, Scotland and Wales in the Hanoverian state 12 A nation defined by Empire, 1755–1776 13 Englishness and Britishness: National identities, \u003ci\u003ec. \u003c\/i\u003e1790–\u003ci\u003ec. \u003c\/i\u003e1870 14 An imperial and multinational polity: The ‘scene from the centre’, 1832–1922 15 Letting go: The Conservative Party and the end of the Union with Ireland \u003cb\u003ePart V Epilogue\u003c\/b\u003e 16 How united is the modern United Kingdom? 17 Conclusion: Contingency, identity, sovereignty\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018192781655,"sku":"9780415756570","price":43.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780415756570.jpg?v=1750775968","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/uniting-the-kingdom-the-making-of-british-history-9780415756570","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}