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Eric P. Kaufmann - The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History - 9780199208487 - KEX0294434
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The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History

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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 Paisley and David Trimble. Packed with analyses of mass-membership trends and attitudes, the book also takes care to tell the story of the Order from 'below' as well as from above. In the process, it argues that the traditional Unionism of West Ulster is giving way to the more militant Unionism of Antrim and Belfast which is winning the hearts of the younger generation in cities and towns throughout the province.

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
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

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 and Orangeism in Northern Ireland (forthcoming, 2007) He has also written numerous articles on Orangeism in Scotland, Ulster, and Canada, as well as on wider issues of nationalism and ethnic conflict, and is presently working on a project examining the link between religiosity, fertility, and politics.

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, Political Studies Review
This is an important, informative and stimulating book
Irish Independent
The Orange Order, is the most important attempt so far to analyse the political role of Orangeism in the six counties
Dominic Bryan, Journal of 20th Century British History

Goodreads reviews for The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History


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