Artefacts of Encounter

Karen O'Brien is an Honorary Senior Lecturer in Socio-Legal Studies at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her notable works include Petitioning for Land: The Petitions of First Peoples of Modern British Colonies (2018) and Cursing, Crisis and Customary Knowledge in Early Modern English Townships (2024).

Introduction 1. Europe and the New World 2. Britain and Ireland 3. The United States of America 4. The Pacific Islands 5. Australasia