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Irish and Scottish Encounters with Indigenous Peoples
Morton, Graeme; Wilson, David A.
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Description for Irish and Scottish Encounters with Indigenous Peoples
Paperback. Analyzing a long-neglected element of Irish and Scottish diaspora studies. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DBR; 1KB; 1MB; HBTB; JFFN; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
The expansion of the British Empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries created the greatest mass migration in human history, in which the Irish and Scots played a central, complex, and controversial role. The essays in this volume explore the diverse encounters Irish and Scottish migrants had with Indigenous peoples in North America and Australasia. The Irish and Scots were among the most active and enthusiastic participants in what one contributor describes as "the greatest single period of land theft, cultural pillage, and casual genocide in world history." At the same time, some settlers attempted to understand Indigenous ... Read more
The expansion of the British Empire during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries created the greatest mass migration in human history, in which the Irish and Scots played a central, complex, and controversial role. The essays in this volume explore the diverse encounters Irish and Scottish migrants had with Indigenous peoples in North America and Australasia. The Irish and Scots were among the most active and enthusiastic participants in what one contributor describes as "the greatest single period of land theft, cultural pillage, and casual genocide in world history." At the same time, some settlers attempted to understand Indigenous ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Montreal, Canada
ISBN
9780773541511
SKU
V9780773541511
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About Morton, Graeme; Wilson, David A.
Graeme Morton is Scottish Studies Foundation Chair at the University of Guelph. David A. Wilson is professor of history at the University of Toronto, the author of Thomas D'Arcy McGee, Vols. 1 and 2, and editor of Irish Nationalism in Canada.
Reviews for Irish and Scottish Encounters with Indigenous Peoples
"A principal strength of the volume lies in the quality of the individual contributions...This is, indeed, a large collection - in ways that do credit to the editorship of Morton and Wilson, and to all the contributors." John G. Reid, Canadian Historical Review