A Union Forever

by David Sim

In the mid-nineteenth century the Irish question--the governance of the island of Ireland--demanded attention on both sides of the Atlantic. In A Union Forever, David Sim examines how Irish nationalists and their American sympathizers attempted to convince legislators and statesmen to use the burgeoning global influence of the United States to achieve Irish independence. Simultaneously, he tracks how American politicians used the Irish question...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801451841
• ISBN13: 9780801451843
• Release Date: December 2013
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher