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1 online resource (421 pages) |
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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Illustrations; INTRODUCTION TO THE TRANSACTION EDITION; PREFACE; Part I The Problem; 1 INTRODUCTION; 2 TOWARDS A THEORY OF ETHNIC CHANGE; Dimensions of national development: an exploratory model; Diffusion models of national development; An alternative model: the periphery as an internal colony; On the cause of cultural differences between collectivities; Conclusion: the politics of ethnic change; Part II Core and Periphery in the Pre-Industrial Era; 3 THE EXPANSION OF THE ENGLISH STATE; The role of ecology in British history |
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Territorial expansion and the realization of legitimacyThe imposition of English authority; English motives behind union; Governmental insistence on English cultural superiority; 4 THE CONSEQUENCES OF POLITICAL INCORPORATION; The economic consequences of incorporation; The strain towards regional economic specialization in the periphery; The loss of sovereignty and its effects; The evolution of regional cultural differences: the Reformation and its aftermath; The cultural consequences of incorporation; The progress of anglicization; The political consequences of incorporation |
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Part III The Consequences of Industrialization5 INDUSTRIALIZATION AND REGIONAL ECONOMIC INEQUALITY, 1851-1961 ; The problem of regional economic inequality; Regional economic inequality in the British Isles: the nineteenth and twentieth centuries; The spatial diffusion of industrialization, 1851-1961 ; Structural consequences of development in the periphery: the enclave and the hinterland; The interpretation of economic inequality; Conclusion; Appendix: A note on the per capita income variable; 6 THE ANGLICIZATION OF THE CELTIC PERIPHERY, 1851-1961 |
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The distribution of religious affiliation in the British IslesThe decline of Celtic language speaking in the British Isles; Conclusion; 7 THE PERSISTENCE OF SECTIONALISM, 1885-1966; The British Isles as a case study; An indirect method of measuring peripheral sectionalism; Findings; Conclusion; 8 SERVITOR IMPERIALISM AND NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT IN AN AGE OF EMPIRE; Theoretical background; Measuring regional political responses; Results: the elimination of structural differences; Estimating the effect of economic diversity; Conclusions; 9 TWENTIETH-CENTURY CELTIC NATIONALISM |
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The problem of Irish secessionThe inter-war years: solidification of class-based voting; The paradox of Celtic resurgence; 10 THE POLITICAL ECONOMY OF ETHNIC CHANGE; Ethnicity and culture: problems of definition; Two theories of ethnic change; Testing the functionalist theory: trends in status group solidarity; Testing the functionalist theory: the influence of cultural factors on income; Some further considerations; On the preconditions of status group solidarity; Testing the reactive theory: contextual foundations for the emergence of status group politics; Conclusions; 11 CONCLUSION |
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APPENDIX |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ethnic relations
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Ethnic relations
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Hechter, Michael
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| ISBN |
9781351511933 |
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1351511939 |
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