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The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History
Eric P. Kaufmann
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Description for The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History
Hardback. Provides the social history of the Orange Order - the Protestant association dedicated to maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. This book charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s and also contains the analyses of mass-membership trends and attitudes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 b&w integrated halftones, 39 figures, 14 tables. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; HBT; HRCC9; JFSV1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 734. 8vo Former library copy with neat labels inside front cover.North of Ireland.
Based on unprecedented access to the Order's internal documents, this book provides the first systematic social history of the Orange Order - the Protestant association dedicated to maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. Kaufmann charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s, to its present-day crisis. Along the way, he sketches a portrait of many of Orangeism's leading figures, from ex-Prime Minister John Andrews to Ulster Unionist Party politicians like Martin Smyth, James Molyneaux, and David McNarry, and also includes the highly revealing correspondence with adversaries such as Ian ... Read more
Based on unprecedented access to the Order's internal documents, this book provides the first systematic social history of the Orange Order - the Protestant association dedicated to maintaining the British connection in Northern Ireland. Kaufmann charts the Order's path from the peak of its influence, in the early 1960s, to its present-day crisis. Along the way, he sketches a portrait of many of Orangeism's leading figures, from ex-Prime Minister John Andrews to Ulster Unionist Party politicians like Martin Smyth, James Molyneaux, and David McNarry, and also includes the highly revealing correspondence with adversaries such as Ian ... Read more
Product Details
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Number of Pages
392
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780199208487
SKU
KEX0294434
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About Eric P. Kaufmann
Eric P. Kaufmann, is Lecturer in Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of The Rise and Fall of Anglo-America: the Decline of Dominant Ethnicity in the United States (2004), editor of Rethinking Ethnicity: Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities (also 2004), and co-author with Henry Patterson of The Decline of the Loyal Family: Unionism ... Read more
Reviews for The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History
An outstanding book which functions as a vital scholarly counterpoint to more populist treatments... An impressive analysis.
D.A.J. MacPherson, Irish Journal.
A top-class piece of research... Meticulously put together and lucidly written...very impressive
John Bew, Journal of Contemporary History
...outstanding...
Prospect
palpably earns a place on our bibliographies marked 'essential reading'
Jon Tonge, ... Read more
D.A.J. MacPherson, Irish Journal.
A top-class piece of research... Meticulously put together and lucidly written...very impressive
John Bew, Journal of Contemporary History
...outstanding...
Prospect
palpably earns a place on our bibliographies marked 'essential reading'
Jon Tonge, ... Read more