British Interventions in Early Modern Ireland

Book Overview

In this book leading historians challenge traditional views about the British conquest and colonization of Ireland during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. They reveal the contradictions, disappointments and failures, which attended the efforts of English and Scottish colonists. Notably, the British became increasingly aware of the need not to destroy the resources they originally sought to exploit.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052115460X
• ISBN13: 9780521154604
• Release Date: June 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"