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Iain Watson
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About this book
Studies the rise and decline of the global Orange Order since its beginning in 1795
- Based on primary sources, many never used before, from multiple archives across the world
- Global perspective that covers almost 230 years of the Orange Order
- Uses a comparative and transnational framework to examine Orangeism across multiple countries
- Breaks new ground in research on the Junior Orange Movement and material culture of Orangeism
On a sunny day, men and women march through the streets wearing orange collarettes and carrying colourful banners. However, this is not the Orange Order in Northern Ireland but the same organisation in Africa. This book moves beyond the cliché to delve deeply into the inner structure and rituals of the Orange Order and its global reach.
The Orange Order, while Irish Protestant-founded, managed in a short period to spread to not only other parts of the UK, but also to Australia, New Zealand and even Africa. Previous research has tended to focus on just one to two countries within a narrow timeframe.
This book, by contrast, covers almost 230 years of the Orange Order across multiple countries. Unlike other studies, it integrates the activities of men, women and children.
Reviews
This book breaks much new ground in the scrutiny of under-researched aspects of Orangeism, and it does so in a valuable comparative and transnational framework. Many new thought-provoking perspectives are provided on the Orange movement across the British Isles, North America, Australasia and Africa. It is a major contribution to scholarship on the subject.
Immersed in archival material, Patrick Coleman tells a truly global story about the Orange Order. Using transnational, diasporic and comparative perspectives, this book presents the Order as imperial, gendered and intergenerational, where its continued existence in a post-Brexit world demonstrates the enduring power of coloniality.
Outstanding in its geographic sweep and temporal range, Patrick Coleman offers a compelling transnational account of the rise and global spread of the Orange Order. This timely and deeply researched book provides compelling insights into the world of Orangeism and its extensive political and cultural impacts.
a good contribution to the historiography. Building on other scholars’ work on transnational and diasporic Orangeism, [Coleman] has produced a book that will find a broad readership.
well researched and informative
[Includes] excellent chapters on the women of the Orange Order and on the international aspects of the movement, especially how it realized itself in different ways in the United States [...] Superbly provides the tools to the local historian to view the Orange Order at work.
[Coleman] approaches each topic with global breadth as well as empirical depth, drawing on specific sources to illustrate respective differences among chapters in Ireland, Scotland and England, and overseas locations such as New Zealand and Ghana. His chronological range is also impressive, as he notes fluctuations in membership size and practices during the order's growth in the 19th century and the subsequent decline in recent decades. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers through faculty.
Coleman’s important and thought-provoking monograph will hopefully simulate further inquiry about how best to describe and interpret the Orange Order and how it fits into the Protestant world more generally.
Table of contents
List of Figures and Table
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
Introduction: Orange Histories, Sources and Methodologies
1. The Auld Orange Tree: The Spead of Orangeism
2. The Heart of Orangeism: Structure and Rituals
3. Orange Activism: Politics, Propagation, and Benevolence
4. Orange Cultural Performance: Band and Parades
5. More than Banners and Sashes: The Material Culture of Orangeism
6. Cradle to Lodge: The Junior Orange Movement
Conclusion: Reflections on Key Findings
Appendix 1: Origins of Men’s Lodges by Country
Appendix 2: Origins of Women’s Lodges by Country
Appendix 3: Origins of the Junior Orange Movement by Country
Appendix 4: Note on Sources
Bibliography
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