Ebook: Unionism in Modern Ireland: New Perspectives on Politics and Culture

Looks at the movement to retain, or reclaim, Ireland as a possession of the United Kingdom. Most of the 12 essays are by scholars from Belfast, where Unionist intransigence has contributed to the political and military strife since Northern Ireland was carved out of independent Ireland in the 1920s. Among the topics are leaders of the movement during various periods, the protestant experience of revolution in Ireland itself, building Stormont 1921-32, direct British rule and the Unionist middle classes, and modern scholarship on the issue. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.