Union and Empire: The Making of the United Kingdom in 1707

by Allan I. Macinnes

• ISBN13: 9780521850797
• ISBN10: 0521850797
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-12-17
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

The making of the United Kingdom in 1707 is still a matter of significant political and historical controversy. Allan Macinnes here offers a major new 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.

Author Biography

Allan I. Macinnes is Professor of Early Modern History at the University of Strathclyde

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. ix
List of abbreviations	p. xii
Setting the Scenes
Introduction	p. 3
The historiography	p. 12
Varieties of Union, 1603-1707
Precedents, 1603-1660	p. 53
Projects 1661-1703	p. 80
The Irish dimension	p. 106
The Primacy of Political Economy, 1625-1707
The transatlantic dimension	p. 137
The Scottish question	p. 172
Going Dutch?	p. 201
Party Alignments and the Passage of Union
Jacobitism and the War of the British Succession, 1701-1705	p. 243
Securing the votes, 1706-1707	p. 277
Conclusion
The Treaty of Union	p. 313
Appendix	p. 327
Bibliography	p. 328
Index	p. 368
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