{"product_id":"the-orange-order-a-contemporary-northern-irish-history-paperback","title":"The Orange Order: A Contemporary Northern Irish History - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEric P. Kaufmann\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKaufmann 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. Kaufmann also includes the highly revealing correspondence with adversaries such as Ian Paisley and David Trimble. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePacked 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEric P. Kaufmann, \u003c\/strong\u003e is Lecturer in Politics and Sociology at Birkbeck College, University of London. He is the author of \u003cem\u003eThe Rise and Fall of Anglo-America: the Decline of Dominant Ethnicity in the United States\u003c\/em\u003e (2004), editor of \u003cem\u003eRethinking Ethnicity: Majority Groups and Dominant Minorities\u003c\/em\u003e (also 2004), and co-author with Henry Patterson of \u003cem\u003eThe Decline of the Loyal Family: Unionism and Orangeism in Northern Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e (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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52610490892595,"sku":"9780199532032","price":101.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/NDNPZExoWnRsKysrZ1Z5bVJoS1FFZz09.webp?v=1761828766","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/the-orange-order-a-contemporary-northern-irish-history-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}