Irish and Scottish Encounters with Indigenous Peoples: Canada, the United States, New Zealand, and Australia

by Graeme Morton and David A. Wilson

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773541519
• ISBN13: 9780773541511
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"