Defenders of the Union: A Survey of British and Irish Unionism Since 1801

Boyce looks at key aspects of Irish and British unionism in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The Act of Union between Great Britain and Ireland in 1800 was of profound importance in shaping the destiny of the British Isles. The book looks at the way the Union affected Anglo-Irish relations, Protestant/Catholic relations in Ireland, and the social, cultural and economic development of Britain and Ireland.

Arthur Aughey is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown. Paul Bew is Professor of Politics at the Queen's University of Belfast. D. George Boyce is Professor of Politics at the University of Wales, Swansea. Patrick Buckland is Trustee and Education Adviser to the Warrington Project and is now retired from the Directorship, Institute of Irish Studies, University of Liverpool. Andrew Gailey is a house master at Eton College. Gordon Gillespie is Research Officer on an Economic and Social Research Council project sponsored jointly by the University of Ulster and the Queen's University of Belfast. Alvin Jackson is Professor of Modern Irish History at the Queen's University of Belfast. Brian Jenkins is Professor of History at Bishops University, Canada. Greta Jones is Professor of History at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown. Carla King is Lecturer in History at St Patrick's College, Drumcondra in Dublin. Alan Megahey is Chaplain of Uppingham School. Alan O'Day is Senior Lecturer in History at the University of North London. Alan Parkinson is Senior Lecturer in History and Education at South Bank University, London. Joseph Spence is Master in College at Eton College. Norman Vance is Professor of English and Director of the Graduate Research Centre in the Humanities at the University of Sussex.