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PublisherYale University Press

ISBN-100300126549

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Book TitleComanche Empire

Number of Pages512 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2008

TopicLatin America / Mexico, United States / 19th Century, Native American

IllustratorYes

GenreHistory

AuthorPekka Hämäläinen

Book SeriesThe LaMar Series in Western History Ser.

FormatHardcover

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Item Height1.4 in

Item Weight30.5 Oz

Item Length9.2 in

Item Width6.1 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2007-041809

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Reviews0;Hamalainen not only puts Native Americans back into the story but also gives them2;particularly the Comanche2;recognition as major historical players who shaped events and outcomes.1;2;Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University -- Sherry Smith, "Hmlinen not only puts Native Americans back into the story but also gives them-particularly the Comanche-recognition as major historical players who shaped events and outcomes."-Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University, author of Reimagining Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940, " The Comanche Empire is a landmark study that will make readers see the history of southwestern America in an entirely new way."David J. Weber, author of Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment, "Pekka Hmlinen profoundly alters our understanding of the American Southwest, asserting that Comanche expansion and domination eclipsed European imperialism over the 18th and early 19th centuries. Readers of this ambitious and discerning ethnohistory learn close-up how the Comanches made colonial as well as native communities the building blocks of their own ascendancy. In a counter-narrative to frontier history and a revision of borderlands study, Hmlinen features the contingency of historical change and the agency of Indian people."-Daniel H. Usner, Vanderbilt University, "This exhilarating book is not just a pleasure to read; important and challenging ideas circulate through it and compel attention. It is a nuanced account of the complex social, cultural, and biological interactions that the acquisition of the horse unleashed in North America, and a brilliant analysis of a Comanche social formation that dominated the Southern Plains. Parts of the book will be controversial, but the book as a whole is a tour de force."Richard White, author of The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815, "This book deserves all the accolades it has and will receive. It is certain to be on reading lists for years to come."--William J. Bauer, Jr.,Journal of World History, "Pekka Hamalainen profoundly alters our understanding of the American Southwest, asserting that Comanche expansion and domination eclipsed European imperialism over the 18th and early 19th centuries. Readers of this ambitious and discerning ethnohistory learn close-up how the Comanches made colonial as well as native communities the building blocks of their own ascendancy. In a counter-narrative to frontier history and a revision of borderlands study, Hamalainen features the contingency of historical change and the agency of Indian people."--Daniel H. Usner, Vanderbilt University -- Daniel H. Usner, ï¿½This exhilarating book is not just a pleasure to read; important and challenging ideas circulate through it and compel attention. It is a nuanced account of the complex social, cultural, and biological interactions that the acquisition of the horse unleashed in North America, and a brilliant analysis of a Comanche social formation that dominated the Southern Plains. Parts of the book will be controversial, but the book as a whole is a tour de force.ï¿½ï¿½Richard White, author of The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815, "Comanche Empire is an impressive, well-written, and important study that should significantly influence future metanarratives, whether they include all or parts of Texas, the West, the Borderlands, or even general histories of the United States and Mexico."-Ty Cashion, Journal of Military History, ï¿½Pekka Hï¿½mï¿½lï¿½inen profoundly alters our understanding of the American Southwest, asserting that Comanche expansion and domination eclipsed European imperialism over the 18th and early 19th centuries. Readers of this ambitious and discerning ethnohistory learn close-up how the Comanches made colonial as well as native communities the building blocks of their own ascendancy. In a counter-narrative to frontier history and a revision of borderlands study, Hï¿½mï¿½lï¿½inen features the contingency of historical change and the agency of Indian people.ï¿½ï¿½Daniel H. Usner, Vanderbilt University, ""The Comanche Empire" is an impressive achievement. That a major Native power emerged and dominated the interior of the continent compels a re-thinking of well worn narratives about colonial America and westward expansion, about the relative power of European and Native societies, and about the directions of change. The book makes a major contribution to Native American history and challenges our understanding of the ways in which American history unfolded."--Colin G. Calloway, author of "One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark" -- Colin G. Calloway, "The Comanche Empire is an impressive achievement. That a major Native power emerged and dominated the interior of the continent compels a re-thinking of well worn narratives about colonial America and westward expansion, about the relative power of European and Native societies, and about the directions of change. The book makes a major contribution to Native American history and challenges our understanding of the ways in which American history unfolded."-Colin G. Calloway, author of One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark, " The Comanche Empire is a landmark study that will make readers see the history of southwestern America in an entirely new way."-David J. Weber, author of Brbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment, 0; "The Comanche Empire" is an impressive achievement. That a major Native power emerged and dominated the interior of the continent compels a re-thinking of well worn narratives about colonial America and westward expansion, about the relative power of European and Native societies, and about the directions of change. The book makes a major contribution to Native American history and challenges our understanding of the ways in which American history unfolded.1;2;Colin G. Calloway, author of "One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark" -- Colin G. Calloway, "Perhaps we can simply stipulate that The Comanche Empire is an exceptional bookin fact, one of the finest pieces of scholarship that I have read in years. . . . Hamalainen has given us a closely argued, finely wrought, intensely challenging book."Joshua Piker, William and Mary Quarterly, "A fascinating new book, details [the Comanches] unusual and colorful history. . . . [Hämäläinen] has rescued the Comanches from myth and distortion and given them their due in the sprawling epic that is our American story."-John Sledge, Mobile Press-Register (AL), ï¿½The Comanche Empire is an impressive achievement. That a major Native power emerged and dominated the interior of the continent compels a re-thinking of well worn narratives about colonial America and westward expansion, about the relative power of European and Native societies, and about the directions of change. The book makes a major contribution to Native American history and challenges our understanding of the ways in which American history unfolded.ï¿½ï¿½Colin G. Calloway, author of One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark, "Perhaps we can simply stipulate that The Comanche Empire is an exceptional book-in fact, one of the finest pieces of scholarship that I have read in years. . . . Hämäläinen has given us a closely argued, finely wrought, intensely challenging book."-Joshua Piker, William and Mary Quarterly, "A fascinating new book, details [the Comanches] unusual and colorful history. . . . [Hï¿½mï¿½lï¿½inen] has rescued the Comanches from myth and distortion and given them their due in the sprawling epic that is our American story."-John Sledge, Mobile Press-Register (AL), "The Comanche Empireis a landmark study that will make readers see the history of the southwestern America in an entirely new way."-David J. Weber, author ofBárbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment , "Hamalainen not only puts Native Americans back into the story but also gives themparticularly the Comancherecognition as major historical players who shaped events and outcomes."Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University, author of Reimagining Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940, " The Comanche Empire is an impressive achievement. That a major Native power emerged and dominated the interior of the continent compels a re-thinking of well worn narratives about colonial America and westward expansion, about the relative power of European and Native societies, and about the directions of change. The book makes a major contribution to Native American history and challenges our understanding of the ways in which American history unfolded."Colin G. Calloway, author of One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark, " Comanche Empire is an impressive, well-written, and important study that should significantly influence future metanarratives, whether they include all or parts of Texas, the West, the Borderlands, or even general histories of the United States and Mexico."Ty Cashion, Journal of Military History, " The Comanche Empire is a landmark study that will make readers see the history of southwestern America in an entirely new way."-David J. Weber, author of Bárbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment, "Argued with a drama befitting the subject,The Comanche Empireis bound to influence thinking about western history considerably."--Daniel J. Gelo, "The Comanche Empire is a hugely important documentary survey of the Comanche Nation, as known from documentary sources between the late 17th and the late 19th centuries."ï¿½Ed Baker, The Austin Chronicle, "Hï¿½mï¿½lï¿½inen not only puts Native Americans back into the story but also gives them-particularly the Comanche-recognition as major historical players who shaped events and outcomes."-Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University, author of Reimagining Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940, "A fascinating new book, details [the Comanches] unusual and colorful history. . . . [Hamalainen] has rescued the Comanches from myth and distortion and given them their due in the sprawling epic that is our American story."John Sledge, Mobile Press-Register (AL), " Comanche Empire is an impressive, well-written, and important study that should significantly influence future metanarratives, whether they include all or parts of Texas, the West, the Borderlands, or even general histories of the United States and Mexico."-Ty Cashion, Journal of Military History, ""The Comanche Empire" is a landmark study that will make readers see the history of the southwestern America in an entirely new way."--David J. Weber, author of "Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment" -- David J. Weber, 0;This exhilarating book is not just a pleasure to read; important and challenging ideas circulate through it and compel attention. It is a nuanced account of the complex social, cultural, and biological interactions that the acquisition of the horse unleashed in North America, and a brilliant analysis of a Comanche social formation that dominated the Southern Plains. Parts of the book will be controversial, but the book as a whole is a tour de force.1;2;Richard White, author of "The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815" -- Richard White, " The Comanche Empire is an impressive achievement. That a major Native power emerged and dominated the interior of the continent compels a re-thinking of well worn narratives about colonial America and westward expansion, about the relative power of European and Native societies, and about the directions of change. The book makes a major contribution to Native American history and challenges our understanding of the ways in which American history unfolded."-Colin G. Calloway, author of One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark, "Ambitiously revisionist. . . . An important read for any researcher interested in Indigenous North America, the West, or colonization."-James O''Neil Spady, Project Muse, "Exhaustively researched and beautifully written, The Comanche Empire is much more than a tribal history of an important plains Indian people. Hamalainen''s bold interpretation that the Comanches created a uniquely "Comanche" empire that challenges and subsequently dominated the southern plains for over a century forces a complete reevaluation of the various storms that brewed in the colonial Southwest."-Thomas A. Britten, The Historian, "An important read for any researcher interested in Indigenous North America, the West, or colonization."--James O''Neill Spady, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, "Hämäläinen not only puts Native Americans back into the story but also gives them-particularly the Comanche-recognition as major historical players who shaped events and outcomes."-Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University, "This book deserves all the accolades it has and will receive. It is certain to be on reading lists for years to come."-William J. Bauer, Jr., Journal of World History, "This exhilarating book is not just a pleasure to read; important and challenging ideas circulate through it and compel attention. It is a nuanced account of the complex social, cultural, and biological interactions that the acquisition of the horse unleashed in North America, and a brilliant analysis of a Comanche social formation that dominated the Southern Plains. Parts of the book will be controversial, but the book as a whole is a tour de force."-Richard White, author of The Middle Ground: Indians, Empires, and Republics in the Great Lakes Region, 1650-1815, 0; "The Comanche Empire" is a landmark study that will make readers see the history of the southwestern America in an entirely new way.1;2;David J. Weber, author of "Barbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment" -- David J. Weber, "Perhaps we can simply stipulate thatThe Comanche Empireis an exceptional bookin fact, one of the finest pieces of scholarship that I have read in years. . . . Hamalainen has given us a closely argued, finely wrought, intensely challenging book."Joshua Piker,William and Mary Quarterly, "The Comanche Empire is a landmark study that will make readers see the history of the southwestern America in an entirely new way."-David J. Weber, author of Bï¿½rbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment, "Argued with a drama befitting the subject, The Comanche Empire is bound to influence thinking about western history considerably."--Daniel J. Gelo, "This book deserves all the accolades it has and will receive. It is certain to be on reading lists for years to come."--William J. Bauer, Jr., Journal of World History, "Comanche Empire is an impressive, well-written, and important study that should significantly influence future metanarratives, whether they include all or parts of Texas, the West, the Borderlands, or even general histories of the United States and Mexico."ï¿½Ty Cashion, Journal of Military History, "Cutting-edge revisionist western history. . . . Immensely informative, particularly about activities in the eighteenth century."Larry McMurtry, The New York Review of Books, "Cutting-edge revisionist western history. . . . Immensely informative, particularly about activities in the eighteenth century."ï¿½Larry McMurtry, The New York Review of Books, "Perhaps we can simply stipulate that The Comanche Empire is an exceptional book-in fact, one of the finest pieces of scholarship that I have read in years. . . . Hmlinen has given us a closely argued, finely wrought, intensely challenging book."-Joshua Piker, William and Mary Quarterly, "Ambitiously revisionist. . . . An important read for any researcher interested in Indigenous North America, the West, or colonization."-James O'Neil Spady, Project Muse, "An important read for any researcher interested in Indigenous North America, the West, or colonization."--James O'Neill Spady, Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, "Cutting-edge revisionist western history. . . . Immensely informative, particularly about activities in the eighteenth century."-Larry McMurtry, The New York Review of Books, "Hämäläinen not only puts Native Americans back into the story but also gives them-particularly the Comanche-recognition as major historical players who shaped events and outcomes."-Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University, author of Reimagining Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940, "The Comanche Empire is a landmark study that will make readers see the history of southwestern America in an entirely new way."-David J. Weber, author of Bï¿½rbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment, "Pekka Hï¿½mï¿½lï¿½inen profoundly alters our understanding of the American Southwest, asserting that Comanche expansion and domination eclipsed European imperialism over the 18th and early 19th centuries. Readers of this ambitious and discerning ethnohistory learn close-up how the Comanches made colonial as well as native communities the building blocks of their own ascendancy. In a counter-narrative to frontier history and a revision of borderlands study, Hï¿½mï¿½lï¿½inen features the contingency of historical change and the agency of Indian people."-Daniel H. Usner, Vanderbilt University, "Pekka Hamalainen profoundly alters our understanding of the American Southwest, asserting that Comanche expansion and domination eclipsed European imperialism over the 18th and early 19th centuries. Readers of this ambitious and discerning ethnohistory learn close-up how the Comanches made colonial as well as native communities the building blocks of their own ascendancy. In a counter-narrative to frontier history and a revision of borderlands study, Hamalainen features the contingency of historical change and the agency of Indian people."Daniel H. Usner, Vanderbilt University, " The Comanche Empire is a hugely important documentary survey of the Comanche Nation, as known from documentary sources between the late 17th and the late 19th centuries."-Ed Baker, The Austin Chronicle, ï¿½Hï¿½mï¿½lï¿½inen not only puts Native Americans back into the story but also gives themï¿½particularly the Comancheï¿½recognition as major historical players who shaped events and outcomes.ï¿½ï¿½Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University, author of Reimagining Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940, "Hamalainen not only puts Native Americans back into the story but also gives them--particularly the Comanche--recognition as major historical players who shaped events and outcomes."--Sherry Smith, Southern Methodist University, author of "Reimagining ""Indians: Native Americans Through Anglo Eyes, 1880-1940", "Pekka Hämäläinen profoundly alters our understanding of the American Southwest, asserting that Comanche expansion and domination eclipsed European imperialism over the 18th and early 19th centuries. Readers of this ambitious and discerning ethnohistory learn close-up how the Comanches made colonial as well as native communities the building blocks of their own ascendancy. In a counter-narrative to frontier history and a revision of borderlands study, Hämäläinen features the contingency of historical change and the agency of Indian people."-Daniel H. Usner, Vanderbilt University, "The Comanche Empire is a hugely important documentary survey of the Comanche Nation, as known from documentary sources between the late 17th and the late 19th centuries."-Ed Baker, The Austin Chronicle, ï¿½The Comanche Empire is a landmark study that will make readers see the history of southwestern America in an entirely new way.ï¿½ï¿½David J. Weber, author of Bï¿½rbaros: Spaniards and Their Savages in the Age of Enlightenment, "Exhaustively researched and beautifully written, The Comanche Empire is much more than a tribal history of an important plains Indian people. Hamalainen's bold interpretation that the Comanches created a uniquely "Comanche" empire that challenges and subsequently dominated the southern plains for over a century forces a complete reevaluation of the various storms that brewed in the colonial Southwest."-Thomas A. Britten, The Historian, 0;Pekka Hamalainen profoundly alters our understanding of the American Southwest, asserting that Comanche expansion and domination eclipsed European imperialism over the 18th and early 19th centuries. Readers of this ambitious and discerning ethnohistory learn close-up how the Comanches made colonial as well as native communities the building blocks of their own ascendancy. In a counter-narrative to frontier history and a revision of borderlands study, Hamalainen features the contingency of historical change and the agency of Indian people.1;2;Daniel H. Usner, Vanderbilt University -- Daniel H. Usner, " The Comanche Empire is an impressive achievement.That a major Native power emerged and dominated the interior of the continent compels a re-thinking of well worn narratives about colonial America and westward expansion, about the relative power of European and Native societies, and about the directions of change.The book makes a major contribution to Native American history and challenges our understanding of the ways in which American history unfolded."-Colin G. Calloway, author of One Vast Winter Count: The Native American West before Lewis and Clark, "A fascinating new book, details [the Comanches] unusual and colorful history. . . . [Hï¿½mï¿½lï¿½inen] has rescued the Comanches from myth and distortion and given them their due in the sprawling epic that is our American story."ï¿½John Sledge, Mobile Press-Register (AL), "A fascinating new book, details [the Comanches] unusual and colorful history. . . . [Hmlinen] has rescued the Comanches from myth and distortion and given them their due in the sprawling epic that is our American story."-John Sledge, Mobile Press-Register (AL), " The Comanche Empire is a hugely important documentary survey of the Comanche Nation, as known from documentary sources between the late 17th and the late 19th centuries."Ed Baker, The Austin Chronicle

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SynopsisThis compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches. Hamalainen challenges the idea of indigenous peoples as victims of European expansion, and offers a new model in Native-European relations., In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence. Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in American history. This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches. It is a story that challenges the idea of indigenous peoples as victims of European expansion and offers a new model for the history of colonial expansion, colonial frontiers, and Native-European relations in North America and elsewhere. Pekka Hamalainen shows in vivid detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they fell to defeat in 1875. With extensive knowledge and deep insight, the author brings into clear relief the Comanches remarkable impact on the trajectory of history. ", In the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, a Native American empire rose to dominate the fiercely contested lands of the American Southwest, the southern Great Plains, and northern Mexico. This powerful empire, built by the Comanche Indians, eclipsed its various European rivals in military prowess, political prestige, economic power, commercial reach, and cultural influence. Yet, until now, the Comanche empire has gone unrecognized in American history. This compelling and original book uncovers the lost story of the Comanches. It is a story that challenges the idea of indigenous peoples as victims of European expansion and offers a new model for the history of colonial expansion, colonial frontiers, and Native-European relations in North America and elsewhere. Pekka Hmlinen shows in vivid detail how the Comanches built their unique empire and resisted European colonization, and why they fell to defeat in 1875. With extensive knowledge and deep insight, the author brings into clear relief the Comanches' remarkable impact on the trajectory of history.

LC Classification NumberE99.C85.H27 2008