Brown (Modern Irish history, U. College, Ireland), Geoghegan (Modern history, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland), and Kelly (history, St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra, Ireland) present a collection of 11 essays examining the Act of Union. The volume is intended to address questions not resolved by either Transactions of the Royal Historical Society, sixth series, vol. 10 (2000) or Acts of Union: the causes, contexts, and consequences of the Act of Union (2001). Topics include the Anglo-Irish union as an imperial project, the role of Ulster Presbyterians in the passing of the Act, the impact of United Irish propaganda, and the actions of the Irish House of Commons. Distributed in the US by ISBS. Annotation ©2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR