UNION AND EMPIRE by Allan I. MacInnes ( 9780521616300 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

UNION AND EMPIRE
THE MAKING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM IN 1707

By:

Allan I. MacInnes

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0521616301

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9780521616300

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 December, 2007

Pages:

398

Description:

A major interpretation of the 1707 Act of Union and the making of the United Kingdom.

Synopsis:

The making of the United Kingdom in 1707 is still a matter of significant political and historical controversy. Allan Macinnes here offers a major interpretation that sets the Act of Union within a broad European and colonial context and provides a comprehensive picture of its transatlantic and transoceanic ramifications that ranged from the balance of power to the balance of trade. He reexamines English motivations from a colonial as well as a military perspective and assesses the imperial significance of the creation of the United Kingdom. He also explores afresh the commitment of some determined Scots to secure Union for political, religious and opportunist reasons and shows that rather than an act of statesmanship, the resultant Treaty of Union was the outcome of politically inept negotiations by the Scots. Union and Empire will be a major contribution to the history of Britain, empire and early modern state formation.

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Cambridge University Press

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