Empire And Others: British Encounters With Indigenous Peoples 1600-1850 (The Neale Colloquium in British History) - Hardcover

Daunton, Professor M; Rick Halpern

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857289919 ISBN 13: 9781857289916

Publisher: Routledge, 1998

Synopsis

Much has been written about the forging of a British identity in the 17th and 18th centuries, from the multiple kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland. But the process also ran across the Irish sea and was played out in North America and the Caribbean. In the process, the indigenous peoples of North America, the Caribbean, the Cape, Australia and New Zealand were forced to redefine their identities. This text integrates the history of these areas with British and imperial history. With contributions from both sides of the Atlantic, each chapter deals with a different aspect of British encounters with indigenous peoples in Colonial America and includes, for example, sections on "Native Americans and Early Modern Concepts of Race" and "Hunting and the Politics of Masculinity in Cherokee treaty-making, 1763-1775". This book should be of particular interest to postgraduate students of Colonial American history and early modern British history.

About this title

About the Author:

Martin Daunton is Professor of Economic History at the University of Cambridge. Rick Halpern is Reader in the History of the United States at University College London.

Review:

'Due to the tremendous scope of the book, there is something for everyone interested in the broad themes a major strength is, undoubtedly, the sophisticated research and the scholarship apparent throughout the book.' - Social History Bulletin

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 1857289919
• ISBN 13: 9781857289916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 412