The Four Nations - Frank Welsh - 图书 - HarperCollins Publishers - 9780006532118 - 2006年9月1日
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The Four Nations


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The first single-volume history of the mutual relations between the constituent parts of the UK (England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland), made topical by the recent devolution developments in Scotland and Wales.


By comparison with the United States, the history of the United Kingdom as an undivided entity has been quite short. This book describes the history of each constituent part, their interaction, and the effect of external events. As soon as British history is seen as an integral part of world (especially European) history, the perspective alters drastically.


Until 1803 France was optimistically assumed to be part of the realm. Less than a century elapsed between 1829, when the grant of a very restricted franchise to Catholics made the inclusion of Ireland more than a political fiction, to 1922, when the Irish Free State emerged. Scotland, with England the main constituent of the UK since 1707, has retained its own legal system, administration and established church (the Queen changes her religion each time she passes Berwick). Wales retains a distinctive culture and language, albeit one on an expensive life-support machine.

介质类型 图书     Paperback Book   (平装胶订图书)
已发行 2006年9月1日
ISBN13 9780006532118
出版商 HarperCollins Publishers
页数 512
商品尺寸 129 × 198 × 20 mm   ·   594 g   (预估重量)
语言 英语  

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