Two Lands on One Soil: Ulster Politics Before Home Rule

by Frank Wright

The book demonstrates that the colonial structures arising from the original Plantations were both enduring and decisive. The modern instability in Northern Ireland has a long, unbroken, continuous pedigree. By looking at the period prior to the birth of the "Ulster question", Wright sets the tragic event of Northern Ireland in their longer historical perspective. Frank Wright brings a variety of disciplines to this study; history, political science and sociology. His analysis is subtle and demonstrates that the colonial structures arising from the original Plantations were both enduring and decisive.

595 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1996

Reviews

[Daniel · Rating 4 out of 5]

A rather dense volume, though a good one. Despite the author's ecumenical leanings, he was remarkably fair to the Orange leader, William Johnston of Ballykilbeg, recognising that there is a difference between opposing popery as a system of thought and one's attitudes to Roman Catholic people.