Hard neighbors : the Scotch-Irish invasion of Native America and the making of an American identity /
Colin Calloway offers an intricate portrait of the early American settlers who came to be known as Scotch-Irish - from their origins on borderlands on one side of the Atlantic to their crucial part in conquering borderlands on the other. 'Hard neighbors', as they were called, the Scotch-Ir...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2024]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Colin Calloway offers an intricate portrait of the early American settlers who came to be known as Scotch-Irish - from their origins on borderlands on one side of the Atlantic to their crucial part in conquering borderlands on the other. 'Hard neighbors', as they were called, the Scotch-Irish were the tip of the spear of white colonial expansion into Indian lands, earning a reputation first as Indian killers and then as embodiments of the American pioneer spirit. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197618424 0197618421 9780197618417 0197618413 9780197618400 0197618405 |