TheUnitedKingdomhasbeenweakening,andthisbookhelpstoexplainwhy.AlvinJacksonexaminestheUKinthelightoftheexperienceofsimilarunionstateselsewhere,offeringthefirstsustainedcomparativestudyacrossthelong19thcenturyandbeyond.TheUKwasnotinfacttheonlyself-styled’unitedkingdom’ofthetime:JacksonarguesstrikinglythatBritainexportedtheideaofunionthroughtheadvocacyorencouragementofothermultinationalunitedkingdomsatthebeginningofthe19thcentury.Theworkisdistinctiveinitsgeographicalbreadth.JacksondrawstogetherthehistoriesofIreland,Scotland,Wales,andEnglandandexploresthelinksbetweenthemandSweden-Norway,theunitedNetherlands,Austria-Hungary,andCanada--andmanyotherpolitiesacrosstheglobe.UnitedKingdomslookstooattheinstitutionsandagenciesaffectingthestrengthofunion--frommonarchy,aristocracy,andreligionthroughtoclass,money,andviolence.Jacksonoffersnewoverarchingargumentsabouttheoriginsandsurvivalofallunionstates,andindoingso,shedsnewlightontheparticularhistoryandconditionoftheUK.
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