Irish Unionists and the Empire, 1880–1920
Classes and masses
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23695136 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Alvin Jackson (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | CHAPTER |
| Venue | 'an Irish Empire'? (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Manchester University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.7765/9781526123626.00012 |
| OpenAlex | W2785883284 |
| ISBN | 9781526123626 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
Unionists were enthusiastic celebrants of Empire, and the political beneficiaries of popular imperialism, but these propositions need further qualification and elaboration. Irish Unionist intellectuals and propagandists showed little interest in Empire; Irish Unionist parliamentarians, even the most voluble, contributed little to debate on the Empire. The Empire and the commercial opportunities created by imperial expansion affected and interested much of the Belfast commercial elite, a class which exercised very great influence over the strategic direction of Ulster Unionism. The Boer war altered the political perspectives of the Ulster Unionist public and its leadership. Throughout the Edwardian era official Unionists were being challenged by Liberal Independents, recruited from and recruiting support from the Presbyterian middle classes. The growth of imperialist imagery followed long after both the development of Irish involvement in the British Empire and the evolution of patriotic Unionist attitudes and institutions.
Ancient history · British Empire · Economic history · Elite · Empire · Irish · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · History · Irish and British Studies · Law · Philosophy · Scottish History and National Identity
| Citations per year | 0.12 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2000 - 2008 (9) |
| Highly cited | No |